The man responsible for the October 2018 shooting of two Black seniors in Kentucky, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to WAVE 3 News.

Maurice Stallard was shopping for back-to-school items with his grandson at a Kroger in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, and Vickie Jones was in the parking lot walking in when Gregory Bush opened fire and killed them both.

At the time of the shooting a witness told WAVE 3 News, Bush said, “Whites don’t kill whites.”

Video footage obtained by police showed that Bush tried to force his way into a Black church nearby but the door was locked, so he went to Kroger instead.

In addition the murder charges, Bush was also convicted on charges of attempted murder and wanton endangerment.

Additionally, he’s facing charges related to guns and federal hate crime charges.

Bush is part of a wave of white supremacist terror attacks that have hit the country over the past decade. According to The New York Times and Washington Post, both the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have repeatedly told Congress that white supremacist terror attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication.

"Domestic terrorism, fueled largely by a surge in white supremacist extremism, presents a growing threat to the security of our homeland,” said Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

“In 2018, the lives of 50 Americans were taken as a result of domestic extremist-related killings—all connected to right-wing extremism, and mostly tied to white supremacism. Yet, few Americans know much about what exactly the Federal government is doing to prevent domestic terrorism,” he added.

Even controversial acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf admitted in a recent report that white supremacists were increasingly attacking other Americans.

“I am particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years” Wolf said.

Last year, Jones’ family filed a lawsuit against Kroger, slamming the store’s security guards for allowing Bush to walk in with his fully loaded weapon unencumbered.

“Kroger was on actual notice that allowing firearms on the property of Kroger stores created a dangerous condition on the store premises and could result in customers being shot and killed. With this actual knowledge, Kroger decided to allow loaded firearms inside of its stores,” the suit said according to WAVE 3 News.

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