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Authorities Officially Classify Kansas Jewish Center Shootings as a Hate Crime
In this Sunday, April 13, 2014 image from video provided by KCTV-5, Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, is escorted by police in an elementary school parking lot in Overland Park, Kan. Cross, 73, accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City, is a known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt. (AP Photo/KCTV-5)

Authorities Officially Classify Kansas Jewish Center Shootings as a Hate Crime

The FBI announced on Monday that they have officially classified the shootings at two Kansas Jewish facilities as a hate crime.

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On Sunday, authorities charged 73-year-old Frazier Glenn Cross Jr. of Aurora, Mo., with murder after he allegedly shot at five people, killing three.

In this Sunday, April 13, 2014 image from video provided by KCTV-5, Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, is escorted by police in an elementary school parking lot in Overland Park, Kan. Cross, 73, accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City, is a known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt. (AP Photo/KCTV-5) In this Sunday, April 13, 2014 image from video provided by KCTV-5, Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, is escorted by police in an elementary school parking lot in Overland Park, Kan. Cross, 73, accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City, is a known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt. (AP Photo/KCTV-5)

Video captured as he was arrested appeared to show him yelling "Heil Hitler" from the back of a police cruiser.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Cross is a known white supremacist and the former "grand dragon" of a Ku Klux Klan chapter.

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