GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – The U.S. Department of Justice has secured an indictment against a Gainesville man accused of attempting to commit a mass shooting targeting Jewish victims just before Christmas last year.
Authorities announced on Thursday that a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted Forrest Kendall Pemberton, 27, of Gainesville, Florida, on federal hate crime and firearm offenses.
Investigators say Pemberton armed himself with an AR-15 rifle, equipped with a silencer, and staked out an American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) office in Plantation, Florida…