White supremacist told police he stabbed Timothy Caughman to death as ‘practice’ for larger race terror attack

White supremacist told police he stabbed Timothy Caughman to death as ‘practice’ for larger race terror attack

The interview video also reportedly shows Mr Jackson re-enacting the killing to lead interrogator Detective Joseph Barbara.

Mr Jackson, who booked a hotel in Times Square as his base, told detectives that he was going for “something a bit bigger” calling it a “terrorist attack” and adding that he wanted to “influence the national conversation”. 

Mr Caughman lived in a room as a permanent tenant at a hotel named Barbour Hotel, which houses formerly homeless people transitioning to permanent housing. 

Svein Jorgensen, chief executive of Praxis Housing Initiatives which manages the Barbour told The Times last year that Mr Caughman was an “extremely gracious individual and respectful of his neighbours”. 

Born in Jamaica Queens to a health care aide and a pastor, Mr Caughman was known for his commitment to the community and his passion for taking photos with celebrities. 

For years he ran a local branch of Neighbourhood Youth Corps, an anti-poverty programme giving low-income youth work experience. 

Seth Peek, a cousin of Mr Caughman told The New York Times he earned an associate degree attending college in Brooklyn and Staten Island. Mr Caughman labelled himself a “can and bottle recycler” in his Twitter bio – a way his relatives said he made ends meet.

Mr Jackson would face a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole if convicted.