OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The man accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City is a well-known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt. (AP Photo/KSHB41 Action News) MANDATORY CREDIT;... (Associated Press) 
 
 Frazier Glenn Cross, of Aurora, Mo., was booked into Johnson County jail on a preliminary charge of first-degree murder after the attacks Sunday in Overland Park. At a news conference several hours after the shootings, the Overland Park police chief, John Douglass, said that the suspect was not a local resident and was not known to the Police Department before Sunday’s attacks. Four hours after the shooting rampage was first reported, Douglass said in a news conference that it was too early to know definitively what the shooters motives were, but added: We are investigating this as a hate crime. 
 
 In all, the gunman fired at five people Sunday afternoon, police said, but he missed two of his targets, who were not injured. Dr. Corporon was a “well-loved physician in the Johnson County community,” and he and his wife had been married for almost 50 years. However, the family of the first two victims put out a statement identifying them as Dr. William Lewis Corporon, who died at the scene, and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood, who died at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. The third victim, who was not publicly identified Sunday night was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Village Shalom senior living facility at 5500 W. 123rd St. 
 
 By Sunday evening, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had joined the investigation, as well as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and other agencies. Calling the Overland Park shootings heartbreaking, President Barack Obama pledged the full support of the federal government. He said he asked his team Sunday to make sure law enforcement has the necessary resources to support the ongoing investigation. 
 
 Authorities hauled off the suspects four-door white car, with Missouri license plates, before 4 p.m. Douglass would not say whether Miller was talking to investigators. “It was horrifying to think of the person who would be responsible for that.” 
 
 The Jewish Community Center is the main hub for about 20,000 Jewish people living in the Kansas City metropolitan area, said Herbert Mandl, a retired rabbi and a local police chaplain. Advertisement Continue reading the main story 
 
 Mr. Miller was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon at a local elementary school near Village Shalom, the police said. When the shooting was reported around 1 p.m., more than 100 people fled into a hall inside the center, where they were held for about an hour and a half. At around 1 p.m. a gunman shot two people in the parking lot behind the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City. Police said the attacks at both sites happened outside, and that the gunman never entered any buildings. They were both Christian, and the family thanked members of their church congregation, among other people, for their support. The two said they hoped to plan a commemorative walk this coming Friday, starting at the Jewish Community Center campus, going to Village Shalom and ending at the elementary school where the alleged shooter was apprehended.The gunfire at the west side of the Jewish Community Center came as hundreds of high school singers from across the metro area were expected to audition for the KC SuperStar contest and actors were rehearsing for a production of To Kill a Mockingbird. 
 
 There were tons of kids because this was about to start at 1 oclock, said Ruth Bigus, the publicist for KC SuperStar. The teen and his grandfather both attended the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, said church spokeswoman Cathy Bien. He said he had been talking to the victims family in the hours after the shooting, and they asked him to go through with the Sunday evening service. (AP Photo/41ActionNews) (AP Photo/41... (Associated Press) 
 
 Overland Park chief of police John Douglass talks to reporters after a shooting at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kan. and Village Shalom in Leawood, Kan., Sunday, April 13, 2014. Later everyone realized there was a shooting outside. At the Jewish Community Center, the back doors had substantial damage from gunfire, the police said. Advertisement Continue reading the main story 
 
 “Our hearts go out to the families who have suffered loss on this tragic day,” the statement read. Our heartfelt gratitude as well to all those in Kansas City and around the world who have expressed sympathy, concern and support. 
 
 Davis, who saw police take the suspect into custody, said Sundays events were horrifying.
– The suspect accused of shooting three people dead at two Kansas City-area Jewish sites has been identified as a former "grand dragon" of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, says 73-year-old Frazier Glenn Cross has a long history of racist and anti-Semitic behavior, NBC reports. He is suspected of shooting dead a 14-year-boy and his grandfather in the parking lot of a Jewish community center before killing a woman at a nearby retirement home. More: Police say Cross, who has been booked on suspicion of first-degree murder, smiled and made an anti-Semitic statement when he was arrested near the community center, reports the Kansas City Star. They declined to confirm reports that he shouted "Heil Hitler." Cross—who also uses the name Frazier Glenn Miller—tried to buy radio ads denouncing Jews and the federal government during a 2010 write-in campaign for the US Senate from Missouri. "We've sat back and allowed the Jews to take over our government, our banks, and our media," one ad said. In a 2010 interview with Howard Stern, Cross accused Jews of "committing genocide against the white race" and said Adolf Hitler was "the greatest man who ever walked the Earth," the New York Times finds. Asked who he hated more, Jewish people or African Americans, Cross responded, "Jews. A thousand times more. Compared to our Jewish problem, all other problems are mere distractions." The Anti-Defamation League described the shootings as a "cowardly, unspeakable and heinous act of violence." While it is too early to call the shootings a hate crime, "the fact that two Jewish institutions were targeted by the same individual just prior to the start of the Passover holiday is deeply troubling and certainly gives us pause," the group's regional director said in a statement. The two victims shot at the community center have been identified as Dr. William Lewis Corporon, who died at the scene, and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood, who died at the hospital, the AP reports. They were both members of a nearby Methodist church and were at the community center for the grandson to try out for a local singing competition.