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Bail Hearing Set for Man Who Sold Guns to White Supremacist Shooter

HeadlineJul 08, 1999

There’s a bail hearing today in Peoria, Illinois, for a man who admits selling guns to white supremacist Benjamin Smith. Smith has been linked to a deadly two-state shooting rampage last weekend. Two people were killed and nine injured by Smith. All victims were African American, Asian and Jewish. Smith ended up killing himself.

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