Man who killed 3 at Indiana mall told ex he would "take others with him" if he died

The ex-girlfriend of a 20-year-old man who fatally shot three people and wounded two more at an Indianapolis-area mall said he told her that he didn't expect to make it to 21 and that if he killed himself, he would "take others" with him, police said Wednesday.

Jonathan Douglas Sapirman also had a fascination with Nazi Germany, according to the girlfriend, who was interviewed after the July 17 shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall. But while the three slain victims were Hispanic, there was no indication the shooting was racially motivated, according to Greenwood Police Chief James Ison, who said authorities have not determined a specific motive for the attack.

Ison said there were no red flags raised that could have tipped off authorities about the killings beforehand. The shooter, who was shot and killed by an armed shopper shortly after opening fire, posted more than 700 comments on social media about mass killers between 2017 and this year, but never indicated he was planning to carry out such an attack, Ison said at a news conference.