Minutes before gunfire erupted at Fort Stewart, the shooting suspect texted his family saying ‘I love y’all,’ uncle says

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“I just want y’all to know that I love y’all, and I tried my hardest to be the best I could be,” Sgt. Quornelius Samentrio Radford texted his relatives at least 20 minutes before he began shooting at fellow soldiers earlier this week at his military base in Georgia.

“My time is slowly coming to an end. I choose my destiny and my faith. I might not be with my mama, but I’m gonna be in a better place,” the enigmatic group text message read, his uncle, Joe Mitchell, told CNN affiliate WTLV .

Radford, 28, wounded five of his peers at Fort Stewart Army base with a personal handgun before he was subdued by other soldiers nearby, authorities have said. All five soldiers are in s