Nebraska Shooting: White Man Targets 7 Guatemalan Immigrant Neighbors in Possible Racist Attack

Yet another mass shooting in America as a white Nebraska man targeted, shot, and wounded seven Guatemalan immigrants who were his neighbors. Investigators say they are not ruling out racist motives from the shooter, who had been described by locals as "reclusive and confrontational."

Of the seven Guatemalan immigrants who were wounded, four were children ages 3 to 10. However, they are expected to survive. As for the shooter, he has been identified as 74-year-old Billy Booth, a white man who police say has a history of conflict with his neighbors.

According to police records obtained by the Associated Press, the shooting happened mostly in the yard of the Guatemalan migrants' home in Crete, Nebraska, which is 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Omaha. Police say 15 people were at home when Booth opened fire from his house with a shotgun.

After wounding some of the people on his neighbors' property, Booth then turned the gun on himself in an act of suicide.

While the Nebraska man often confronted his Guatemalan immigrant neighbors and forced them to "speak English," thus leading to the investigation on whether this was also a racist attack or not, his other neighbors have also spoken out and revealed that Booth was also confrontational towards his other neighbors, who were also white like him.

"He hated everybody," Dave Hansen, whose home is next door to Booth's, told the Associated Press.

White Nebraska Shooter Called Guatemalan Immigrant Neighbors Names Prior to Shooting

Crete, Nebraska was considered a diverse community, with 25% of residents being foreign-born and around half being Hispanic. However, living in such a diverse neighborhood did not stop Booth from making his allegedly racist attack on his immigrant neighbors.

Crete Police Chief Gary Young stated that the Guatemalan family living in the house next to Booth's previously filed a complaint against him. In that complaint, the family noted that Booth made an obscene gesture and told them to go back to where they came from, as well as told them to "speak English."

The name of the Guatemalan immigrant family was not released, as the family stated that they were "not interested in being involved in a legal dispute," according to NBC News.

Before the attack, the family stated that Booth did not directly threaten to shoot them but did make several racist remarks whenever he made his usual confrontations.

Nebraska Shooting Victims Out of the Hospital After Alleged Racist Attack

Crete police immediately responded as the shooting happened as officers reported that they could "hear gunfire still occurring." Once there, the officers noted that "They located several victims inside a home on Crestline Drive and identified that the gunfire was coming from a house across the street."

Soon enough, more officers and EMTs arrived and evacuated the other family members. SWAT also arrived "at approximately 6:40 pm... made entry into the home where the gunfire had originated, 1810 Parkland Street, and located the occupant deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The SWAT team located a shotgun near the suspect."

As for the Nebraska shooting victims, a source told CNN that they have all been released from area hospitals, including the four children.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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