Two shot dead in Massachusetts may have been targeted because they were Black, DA says

An Air Force veteran and a retired Massachusetts state trooper who were fatally shot near Boston over the weekend may have been targeted because they were Black, a district attorney said. The victims were identified as retired Massachusetts State Police Trooper Dave Green and Ramona Cooper, a 60-year-old Staff Sgt. in the Air Force 

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins identified the shooter as a 28-year-old White man, Nathan Allen, and said investigators found "troubling" anti-Semitic and racist statements in his writings.  Rollins said Allen stole a box truck and was driving at a high rate of speed when it crashed into another vehicle and a home in Winthrop on Saturday. While his motive remains unclear, Rollins said Allen walked away from the wreck past several people who were not Black before opening fire on bystanders Green and Cooper, Rollins said.