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Yellowstone shooter planned act of white nationalist terrorism, officials say

JACKSON — The gunman who opened fire in Yellowstone National Park on July 4 had plans for “Pro White Nationalist Violence” and “a history of expressing white supremacist and antisemitic views.”

That’s according to court documents filed in federal court Friday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming, which revealed new details about the incident and the shooter, Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, a 28-year-old Floridian and employee of Xanterra Parks and Resorts.

Fussner was shot and killed by park rangers after opening fire at the Canyon Lodge dining facility, where about 200 peopl...