A white Army vet intent on killing black men stalked one potential victim before setting his sights on another — quenching his racist thirst by driving a sword through a man in Midtown, police said.
The 26-inch weapon — with an 18-inch blade — pierced the victim's chest just above his heart and exited his back before pinging against the sidewalk on Monday night.
White supremacist James Jackson, 28, wanted maximum exposure for his crime, telling investigators he rode 200 miles on a bus from Baltimore because New York is the ”media capital of the world."
"He appeared to be very close, following a black guy," the source said. ”He slows down and at one point he turned around and came back. It's clear he was really focused on the guy for some time. Then, he falls out of camera view and doesn't attack the guy. He made statements that he was following the guy but something spooked him."
He found Caughman — a bottle collector who liked to take photos of himself and celebrities — a few blocks away.
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Timothy Caughman was killed in the attack. (TWITTER/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
During the savage attack, Jackson jammed the sword he purchased online into Caughman.
"Based on certain information it appears that this subject has been harboring these types of feelings for quite some time," Aubry said. ”It's been over 10 years that he's been harboring these feelings toward male blacks."
Jackson had a particular deep-seeded hatred for black men romantically involved with white women, a police source said.
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