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WATCH: ‘He gets these revelations from Jesus’: UNG student charged with bringing rifle on campus had history of concerning behavior, documents show
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The walkway bridge at University of North Georgia's Dahlonega campus, where Gabriel Hernandez stood with a rifle in a case waiting to save everyone from a would-be school shooter, according to police records. Police say Hernandez was in the grips of a "mental crisis" and acting on what he believed to be a divine revelation from Jesus. - photo by Scott Rogers
Armed with an AR-15-style rifle and acting on a divine premonition, Gabriel Jose Hernandez stood by the campus library waiting for the black car to drop off the mysterious man. When the fateful moment arrived, he would take the rifle out of its case, line up the shot and squeeze the trigger.
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