Clayton County police arrested Foxworth shortly after the shots were fired. He told investigators he wanted to kill Arab and Black people and believed that's who was inside those two stores, the release says. He said he hoped he had killed people and expressed belief in white supremacy.
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An Atlanta man who hoped to kill Arab and Black people was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
"He fired repeatedly into convenience stores in his effort to kill those inside based solely on the color of their skin," U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said in the release. "This abhorrent act of violence and intimidation left the victims, their families, and the community traumatized, and merits the prison sentence Foxworth received."
Foxworth was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in December to a charge of a hate crime based on actual or perceived race or color and a charge of discharging a firearm during the commission of that crime of violence.
The judge sentenced him to serve five years of supervised release after his prison term and also ordered him to pay $1,000 in restitution.