Emanuel Samson Proves Church Shootings Aren't Just for White People Anymore

Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, has been named as the shooter in the tragedy in the Antioch church in Tennessee this Sunday. Samson is a Sudanese immigrant who came to the US in the 90's. He was just released from the hospital a few hours ago and will be charged with murder and attempted murder. The Department of Justice is considering opening a Civil Rights case in association with the Antioch church shooting.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gunman in church shooting is Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25. He has been released from hospital and will be charged with murder and att murder. <a href="https://t.co/VuCUgJ3JIQ">pic.twitter.com/VuCUgJ3JIQ</a></p>&mdash; Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) <a href="https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/912060798750674944">September 24, 2017</a></blockquote>

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Not unlike the South Carolina church shooter, Dylann Roof, Samson left clues online before he went on his massacre. In the case of Samson, his last Facebook post reads "Everything you've ever doubted or made to be believe as false, is real & vice versa, B."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Emanuel K. Samson&#39;s last Facebook post before allegedly shooting 7 people, then himself, at a Nashville-area church today. <a href="https://t.co/cEMm4oaPkd">pic.twitter.com/cEMm4oaPkd</a></p>&mdash; Militia Etheridge (@MaryEmilyOHara) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryEmilyOHara/status/912068592950218753">September 24, 2017</a></blockquote>

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Just hours before the shooting Samson posted several comments on Facebook: "Become the creator instead of what's created. Whatever you say goes" was posted just shortly before the shooting began. More eerie public posts from Samson include the following from August 30:

<blockquote>"When you have an idea, act on it before someone else does. While I dreamt, someone manifested theirs into the physical.

Every second counts, literally.

I know that now."</blockquote>

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Samson entered the church with a mask on and opened fire without warning. Including Samson, 8 persons, including Samson, were shot. Samson had occasionally attended the church in the past but witnesses say they coudn't recognize him under the clown mask he had donned before the bloody affair.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash">#UPDATE</a>: Don Aaron with Metro police says suspected gunman Emanuel Samson was a former member at the church where shooting happened. <a href="https://twitter.com/WKRN">@WKRN</a> <a href="https://t.co/027XHmNdUj">pic.twitter.com/027XHmNdUj</a></p>&mdash; Josh Breslow (@JoshBreslowWKRN) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshBreslowWKRN/status/912067769427988480">September 24, 2017</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">8/ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EmanuelSamson?src=hash">#EmanuelSamson</a> is the black Dylan Roof. Former pastor states &#39;he walked in, sat down and started shooting&#39;. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AntiochChurchShooting?src=hash">#AntiochChurchShooting</a> <a href="https://t.co/TDYWh5xQhW">pic.twitter.com/TDYWh5xQhW</a></p>&mdash; Lucid Hurricane ✘ (@LucidHurricaneX) <a href="https://twitter.com/LucidHurricaneX/status/912092243783233536">September 24, 2017</a></blockquote>

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