Mall Shooter Told Ex-girlfriend He Would ‘Take Others’ If He Died

Mall Shooter Told Ex-girlfriend He Would ‘Take Others’ If He Died
FBI agents gather at the scene of a deadly shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Ind., on July 17, 2022. Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP
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GREENWOOD, Ind.—The ex-girlfriend of a 20-year-old man who fatally shot three people at an Indianapolis-area mall said he told her he didn’t expect to make it to 21 and that if he killed himself, he would “take others” with him, a police chief said Wednesday.

Jonathan Douglas Sapirman was also fascinated with Nazi Germany, according to the ex-girlfriend, who was interviewed after the July 17 shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall. But while the three slain victims were Hispanic, there was no indication the shooting was racially motivated, said Greenwood Police Chief James Ison. Authorities have not determined a specific motive for the attack, Ison said.