The suspect in Tuesday’s shooting rampage at a Jewish community center near Los Angeles turned himself in to authorities in Las Vegas. Buford O’Neal Furrow, 37, told investigators that he “wanted this to be a wake-up call to America to kill Jews,” a source told the Associated Press. Assuming he had killed some of the children, the suspect also said, “You’re looking for me. I killed the kids in Los Angeles,” the source said.
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