A man who said he was fed up with racism against black people has been convicted of killing four white men in a race-related rampage in California’s Central Valley
FRESNO, Calif. — A man who said he was fed up with racism against black people was convicted of killing four white men in a race-related rampage in California’s Central Valley, prosecutors announced Friday.
Kori Ali Muhammad was convicted by a Fresno County jury Wednesday of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, attempted murder and other crimes, the Fresno County district attorney’s office said.
On Friday, he withdrew a previous plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and prosecutors said they wouldn’t seek the death penalty. Muhammad is expected to be sentenced next month to life in prison without possibility of parole.
In a recorded confession to investigators that was played at his trial, Muhammad said he shot Motel 6 security guard Carl Williams III and tried to kill another guard on April 13 because he felt he had been disrespected when he went to visit a friend.
A security camera recording showed Muhammad coming up behind Williams, 25, and shooting him.
He also was convicted of killing Mark Gassett, 37, and David Jackson, 58, and trying to shoot three other men.