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The disturbing moment the white supremacist accused of killing two people on a Portland train begged police to shoot him has been captured on camera.
Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, is accused of killing two men and injuring another during a vicious stabbing attack on a MAX train last Friday, after the trio interfered as he went on a racist tirade against two teenage girls.
Rick Best, a Portland employee and retired Army platoon sergeant who served for 23 years, and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, died in the attack.
Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, was stabbed in the neck and required surgery to remove bone fragments from his throat, but he survived and is recovering in hospital.
Video of Christian shouting at police officers to shoot him starts as Larry Blackwood, who was traveling on the train one carriage behind the alleged attacker, says: 'so this guy just f***ing killed about three people'.
'He stabbed three people on the MAX, that's why we chased his a** down.'
While Blackwood, who works as a cook nearby, was talking a team of police officers were seen surrounding Christian.
'F*** you, f***ing kill me,' the alleged killer can be heard shouting at the officers, as he held a knife in one hand and poured liquid on himself from what looked like a beer can he was holding in his left hand in an attempt to wash the blood off his clothing.
'Shoot me! Go ahead and shoot me in the back, you piece of s***.'
Christian then turned so he was facing the officers again and took a drink from the can he had in his left hand.
'If you want to get my knife you have to kill me, f***ers,' he said, before again turning away from the officers.
Blackwood told the Williamette Week what he saw when he got off the train after hearing people crying out in pain and terror from ahead of him on the train.
'I heard a woman scream, "He's stabbing people." I jumped up and said "Then f***ing stop him."'
He added that he saw two men on the ground: 'Holding their necks, bleeding out of their necks, like thick black blood… I could smell the blood, there was so much of it.'
Blackwood then explained to the newspaper how he and two other men from the train chased after Christian, until they caught up to him at a crossing on 47th Street.
'He stopped there, turned around and pulled his knife out,' the 27-year-old cook recalled.
'He said, "You want some?" I said, "No man." Luckily he believed me.
'When we crossed over 47th, a police officer was driving by. We said, "Yo this guy is the guy!" He immediately jumped out with his AR-15.'
The dramatic footage emerged after a woman on the train revealed the final words of one of Christian's alleged victims - 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche.
Rachel Macy was on the MAX train when the alleged attack took place, and she explained why she could not leave Namkai-Meche's side as he lay on the ground with his throat cut.
'I just didn’t want him to be alone,' Macy told KOIN. 'I took my shirt off and put it on him. We held it together, I just prayed, all I could do was pray.'
She said she told him 'You’re a beautiful man. I’m so sorry the world is so cruel.'
She said that Namkai-Meche said to her, 'Tell them, I want everybody to know, I want everybody on the train to know, I love them.'
Those were his last words, which she shared with his family during a vigil on Saturday.
She was carrying a heart-shaped rock painted purple that she had during the attack and gave it to the victim's family.
'I wanted to wake up and be mad and blame something or someone,' Macy told the outlet. 'And I can't. It's not what [Namkai-Meche] would have wanted.'
At the vigil, Namkai-Meche's mother, Asha Deliverance, said: 'Love is what it's about. We taught him to love everyone and that's what we should be doing and that's what we all should be doing and that's why we are all here, so give it up for love.'
Christian is charged with two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of second-degree intimidation, and one count each of attempted aggravated murder and being a felon in possession of a restricted weapon.
The other victim, Ricky John Best, 53, is an Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and a father of four.
A third victim, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, survived the stabbing. He remains in the hospital.
The attacker on the train was reportedly sparked by Christian going on a racist tirade against two teenage girls - one of whom was wearing a hijab.
Destinee Mangum, one of the two girls, told KPTV she believes her and her friend would be dead if not for the Fletcher, Best, and Namkai-Meche.
The night before he allegedly launched his deadly attack, Christian was filmed going on another racist rant while on public transport.
A woman recorded him yelling out racist rants while on a bus, saying: 'F*** all you Christians and Muslims and f****** Jews , f****** die. Burn you at the stake… f****** die.'
That same night he was also maced by a black woman after hurling a bottle of Gatorade at her.
He had also been seen at a 'free speech' on April 29 and tried to carry in a baseball bat, but it was confiscated by police.
In videos posted to The Portland Mercury, Christian was seen wearing an American flag and chains around his neck, and carrying the baseball bat before it was taken away.
He walked among fellow protesters holding American flags and signs that said 'Trump Makes America Great Again.'
Christian's Facebook site paints disturbing a picture of the suspect, and he describes himself by saying: 'I'm an Ex-Con. I Like Comix, Cannabis and Metal-In Any Combination. If you are an Employer, F*** Off.'
The suspect had been jailed previously for a string of charges including robbery, kidnapping and unlawful use of a weapon.
He has posted on his profile a number of times to say he supports the Nazis, and once even said he wants a job in Norway 'cutting off the heads of people that Circumcize (sic) Babies.'
He also referred to President Trump the 'antichrist,' but in a way that turned it into a compliment.
'If Donald Trump is the Next Hitler then I am joining his SS to put and end to Monotheist Question. All Zionist Jews, All Christians who do not follow Christ's teaching of Love, Charity, and Forgiveness And All Jihadi Muslims are going to Madagascar or the Ovens/FEMA Camps!!! Does this make me a fascist!!!'
On Monday, the POTUS Twitter account sent out a statement about the killings, which read: 'The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them.'
Trump has been strongly criticized for not condemning the killings sooner, and there is still no comment about them on his personal Twitter feed.
Several fundraisers have been set up for the victims, one on GoFundMe has almost reached half a million dollars.