The disturbed fiend who allegedly opened fire in a Target parking lot in Texas claimed to be Jesus and gunned down his three victims — identified Tuesday as a cart collector, a grandfather and his 4-year-old granddaughter — at random.
Ethan Nieneker, 32, went on the deadly rampage Monday afternoon in Austin, using a gun obtained by a family member to fatally shoot Target employee Hector Leopoldo Martinez Machuca, 24, Adam Chow, 66, and Chow’s young granddaughter, the Austin Police Department announced Tuesday.
“He said that he was Jesus and there was no real reason whatsoever given,” Austin Homicide detective Nathan Sexton said of the accused mentally ill gunman’s violent spree. 4
“It was a completely random choosing of the victims.”
Police said the fatal mayhem began around 2:1