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Note how the local rag first states that the symbol being described "has been used in nonextremist contexts" before grudgingly acknowledging that it's used by white supremacists.

For those unfamiliar with the story, the white supremacist in question, in northern Idaho, intentionally started a wildfire and then, when firefighters arrived, shot them. Two firefighters dead, a third who survived but with serious injuries and probably, from the sound of it, disabled for life.

One crude drawing appears to depict the parking lot where he shot the firefighters, Norris said.

The note, he explained, reads, “ ‘Kill, kill, kill,’ and he’s got what appears to be a shotgun here with blast coming out.”

Roley also traced a symbol on the note he left for his father .

The same symbol was etched into the side of the Mossberg Maverick 88 shotgun that Norris said Roley had legally purchased.

That symbol, a diamond shape with legs, is known as an othala rune, which has been used in nonextremist contexts. It also has been used as a hate symbol by white supremacists in the U.S. and Europe, according to the Anti-Defamation League.