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Supremacis­t convicted of killing three at two Jewish sites in Kansas.

OLATHE, Kan. — The man who admitted killing three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites gave jurors a Nazi salute Monday after they convicted him of murder and other charges for the shootings, which he said would allow him to “die a martyr.”

It took the jury of seven men and five women just over two hours to find Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. guilty of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder and assault and weapons charges.

After the verdict was announced, Miller, 74, of Aurora, Mo., said: “The fat lady just sang” and he raised his right arm in the Nazi salute. As jurors were filing out of the courtroom later, he told them: “You probably won’t sleep tonight.”

The judge reminded Miller that the same jury will decide his sentence. He could get the death penalty. The sentencing phase is expected to begin Tuesday.

During the prosecutio­n’s closing, District Attorney Steve Howe cited a “mountain of evidence” against Miller, who was charged in the April 2014 shootings at two Jewish sites in Overland Park. Although he admitted to killing the three people, he had pleaded not guilty, saying it was his duty to stop what he believed was genocide against the white race. None of the victims was Jewish.

The Passover eve shootings killed William Corporon, 69, and Corporon’s 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood, at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, and Terri LaManno, 53, at the nearby Village Shalom retirement center.

During his closing, Miller said he had been “floating on a cloud” since the killings. Earlier, he objected when Howe alleged he wanted to kill as many people as possible. Miller interjecte­d: “I wanted to kill Jews, not people.”

Miller, who also was known as Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., urged jurors to “show great courage” and find him not guilty.

“You have the power in your hands to inspire the world,” he said. “You can become a man or woman your forefather­s will be proud of for your bravery.”

The proceeding­s were marked with frequent outbursts from Miller, who objected repeatedly while jurors were out of the courtroom during discussion­s about what instructio­ns should guide deliberati­ons. At one point, he said, “I object to everything on the grounds of George Washington, our founding father.”

Miller founded the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in his native North Carolina and later the White Patriot Party.

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