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    Glendale Westgate Shooter Identified by His Mother as Armando Hernandez, 20
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    Glendale Westgate shooter identified by his mother as 20-year-old Armando Hernandez, Your Content has exclusively learned. Police have not confirmed the identity.

    We broke the story … a crazed gunman opened fire just before 8 p.m. local time at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale, just outside Phoenix.

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    “Hello my name is Armando Jr. Hernandez and I’m going to be the shooter of Westgate 2020,” the crazed gunman said in a video obtained by Your Content filmed just moments before opening fire.

    “This is to get back at mean society so lets get this done! This society is full of sh*t!”

    One woman begging: “I had nothing to do with that! You don’t know me, please.”

    “This society is full of sh*t!” Hernandez shouted back.

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    ‘I just witnessed an armed terrorist with an AR-15 shoot up Westgate. There are multiple victims,’ said Sen. Martín Quezada.

    Three people were rushed to the hospital after being shot, according to a local NBC network.

    The suspect’s mother identified her son Armando Hernandez from Peoria, 20, as the shooter, but police have not verified this.

    The woman says Hernandez is a graduate of Raymond Kellis High School and a former classmate also identified him as the shooter.

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