The uncle of Quornelius Radford, the man accused of shooting five soldiers at Fort Stewart, says he received a final message from Radford just minutes before the attack, expressing love and saying he had chosen his “destiny and faith.

The US Army sergeant accused of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Georgia’s Fort Stewart base reportedly sent an ominous text to a relative right before the shooting — warning that he’d be in a “better place” soon.

Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, is the suspect in the shooting of five soldiers at Fort Stewart Army Base in Hinesville, Ga.