U.S. gunman kills three young Muslims; motive disputed

Bytut editor

February 12, 2015

(Reuters) – A gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on Facebook and quarreled with neighbors was charged with killing three young Muslims in what police said on Wednesday was a dispute over parking and possibly a hate crime.

Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, a full-time paralegal student from Chapel Hill, was charged with first-degree murder in Tuesday’s shootings around 5 p.m. two miles (three km) from the University of North Carolina campus.

The victims were newlyweds Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, a University of North Carolina dental student, and his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Yusor’s sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19.

All were involved in humanitarian aid programs.

Students at UNC, where Yusor Mohammad was going to join her husband as a student later this year, were gathering on Wednesday for an evening vigil and prayer service.

The suspect, in handcuffs and orange jail garb, appeared briefly on Wednesday before a Durham County judge who ordered him held without bail pending a March 4 probable cause hearing.

Police said a preliminary investigation showed the motive to be a parking dispute. They said Hicks, who has no criminal history in Chapel Hill, turned himself in and was cooperating.

The killings drew international condemnation. The shooting sparked the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter on social media with many posters assailing what they called a lack of news coverage.

“I guess that Muslims are only newsworthy when behind the gun, not in front,” tweeted a poster who goes by the handle @biebersrivals.

Muslim activists demanded authorities investigate a possible motive of religious hatred.

“We understand the concerns about the possibility that this was hate-motivated and we will exhaust every lead to determine if that is the case,” Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said in a statement.

‘EXECUTION-STYLE MURDERS’

The killings occurred in a condominium complex in a wooded area filled with two-story buildings. Neighbors said parking spaces were often a point of contention.

“I have seen and heard (Hicks) be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community,” said Samantha Maness, 25, a community college student. But she said she had never seen him show animosity along religious lines.

On Facebook, Hicks’ profile picture reads “Atheists for Equality” and he frequently posted quotes critical of religion. On Jan. 20 he posted a photo of a .38-caliber revolver that he said was loaded and belonged to him.

Hicks’s wife Karen Hicks told reporters at a news conference that her husband had been locked in a longstanding dispute over parking and the killings had nothing to do with religion. She said Hicks was not hateful and believed “everyone is equal.”

Barakat’s family urged the shooting be investigated as a hate crime and said the three were killed with shots to the head.

“Today, we are crying tears of unimaginable pain over the execution-style murders,” Barakat’s older sister Suzanne told reporters. She said her brother was light-hearted and loved basketball.

The incident appeared to be isolated and not part of a targeted campaign against North Carolina Muslims, Ripley Rand, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, told a news conference with local police officials.

Imam Abdullah Antepli, Chief Representative of Muslim Affairs at Duke University, told the news conference it may or may not have been a hate crime and called for an easing of tensions.

A TURNING POINT?

Groups including the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the local Raleigh-based Muslims for Social Justice called for a federal investigation into possible hate crimes.

“I hope this terrible tragedy will be a turning point that brings the reality home that if we keep demonizing Muslims and equating their religion to terrorism, it will lead to more attacks,” said Manzoor Cheema, co-founder of Muslims for Social Justice.

Barakat, an American citizen of Syrian origin, wrote in his last Facebook post about providing free dental supplies and food to homeless people in downtown Durham. He was raising funds for a trip to Turkey with 10 other dentists to provide free fillings, root canals and oral hygiene instruction to Syrian refugee children.

His sister-in-law, Abu-Salha, a sophomore at nearby North Carolina State University, was involved in making multimedia art to spread positive messages about being Muslim American.

Students at UNC said the three friends came from two of the most prominent Muslim families in the Raleigh area.

“Deah was a very proud Muslim American. He was proud of all his identities,” said Sofia Dard, a 21-year-old senior psychology major. She said Muslims were used to occasional harassment in post 9/11 America, but the shooting “adds a whole level of seriousness.

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CK says:

February 12, 2015 at 2:07 am

Islamophobia, fed by the Jew media, has reached dangerously toxic levels in this country. It terrifies me.
Senatssekretär FREISTAAT DANZIG says:

February 12, 2015 at 2:38 am

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February 12, 2015 at 2:38 am

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Al says:

February 12, 2015 at 6:05 am

What else could we expect when people are so brainwashed with these so called FREE news media in the US. In brief, the news media directly follows Washington’s foreign policies….

Unfortunately majority of the American people believe and trust whatever those news & the whole system delivers to them. This kind of mind control is even much worse and more dangerous than those controlled 3rd world countries….
malone ducklo says:

February 12, 2015 at 7:16 am

idiotic christian zionists eat this stuff up too!
Dante Ardenz says:

February 12, 2015 at 7:24 am

The Muslim Organisations in the USA must begin FIGHTING back against the political power of the Jews directly. To win,one must identify your enemy ,and not cower behind inane,or confusing labels. JEWS RUN THE MEDIA,AND THE US POLITICAL /FINANCIAL SYSTEM. Study this,explain this,and say this to your people,without fear. The time for TRUTH,is now! To the non-Muslims out there,remember this. The Jews targeted Germans,in two wars (And continue through Hollywood/theology/Churchillianism),along with Asians,Italians (accusing them of organised crime,while they are the big mob) ,and EVERYONE,when needed. WE ARE ALL MUSLIMS TO THEM !
Rania Khalaf says:

February 12, 2015 at 1:40 pm

The headline should be U.S. terrorist kills three young Muslims; motive disputed
Ronn says:

February 12, 2015 at 3:07 pm

That’s a very dangerous game you’re playing there, Khalaf- calling ordinary Americans “terrorists” is very dangerous indeed…
Human Melody 1 says:

February 12, 2015 at 4:12 pm

They were of an exceptional kind … the kind that Messiah Jesus (pbuh) will look for, upon his return, as the only kind of inheritor of the God’s Earth —- most decent, brilliant, sanctified in the heart/ soul, of the highest empathy to God’s creation, and the foremost in good deeds.

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/muhsinun.jpg

They were beautiful inside and out — physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. They would be ideal role models in any society of this degenerate world (except in Pagan America/ Babylon). They even had a fairy tale marriage/ love that the bitter & blasé Zio-West/America hasn’t seen in ages! And that’s most likely why a morally & financially bankrupt, washed out, wicked, morally dead, spiritually vacuous, hell-bound and dying Satanic society/ nation couldn’t stand them anymore… because Satan cannot stand those who are most beloved by the Creator.

This video re-enacts the [Deir Yassen type of] scene of utmost inhumanity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaJ6QbnkuHg

NOT a word from JMSM (other than a few that actually mocked and hurled the cleverest sarcasm and alibi pitch, as if they were “INSIDERS” on this!).

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/hypocrite-pagan-media.jpg

NOT a word (other than social media) from the “alternative media” or even the so called “Truth Movement/ Gentile Resistance” — other than TUT, a message from Pastor Dankof on Press TV, and a lone tweet from Dr. Henry Makow!!! https://twitter.com/HenryMakow/status/565542442556858369

[Now we all know better as to what ‘Truth’ to expect online, and where! This sad event also turned out to be a helpful exposition (of apathetic bullshitters) for mankind.]
Human Melody 1 says:

February 12, 2015 at 4:13 pm

And so the Truth of this inhuman event unfolds, thus:

COULD THE UGLY TRUTH OF IT ALL BE THIS … (please read critically)…

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https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/trinity-isis.jpg

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/bernanke1.jpg

… THAT TRUE MUSLIMS HAVE (now, officially) NO “SAFE HAVEN” TO GO TO, and that THEY WILL BE EXECUTED WHETHER THEY ARE in the EAST or the WEST of the WORLD?!…

… AND THAT THE WAR ON the most DECENT and on the BELIEVERS of GOD have BEGUN?

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/what-really-happened-in-chapel-hill.jpg

STRANGELY ENOUGH (and unlike ever seen before), a representative/ lackey of the Zio-Judeo NWO (and of a pedophile-governed nation where ~ 50% of all school girls are forced into sex http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/02/11/397182/4-in-10-UK-schoolgirls-forced-into-sex) IS IN THE SCENE, on this particular event:

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/pagan-indecent-dawkins-on-decency.png

(The Orwellian/ Satanic ‘hint’ on DECENCY (= Al-Ihsan) cannot be missed!) … Also …

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dawkins-is-blaming-the-victim.png

… The critter (just like a Jew) doesn’t miss even THIS opportunity to blame the Victims! DOES THIS ILLUSTRATE HOW ‘ATHEISTS’ could be ‘JEWS’ inside their apathetic, black hearts ?!
Human Melody 1 says:

February 12, 2015 at 4:14 pm

THE OCCULT FOOTPRINTS of THREE PALESTINIANS’ EXECUTION within the US :

— The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was founded by Freemasons! http://pubs.royle.com/article/UNC%E2%80%99S+MASONIC+ORIGINS+Showcased+in+Chapel+Hill/1584328/0/article.html

— Could Mr. “Ferguson” of this lodge have any conscience…? http://www.university408.com/

— Could the “J.M. HICKS Lodge #789” have any influence on Craig Stephen HICKS? http://www.masonic-lodge.info/MLI/mli2330.htm [NOTICE: How Masons describe themselves as MOST WORSHIPFUL — INSISTING THAT THEY HAD HIJACKED “Al-Ihsan” a long time ago, whereas they’re merely the kabbalic dark reversal/ reflection of “Al-Ihsan”. The satanic deception of Masonic Sufi and Masonic-Salafi (ISIS) dichotomy killing the Islamic world seems INCREDIBLE!

— And this is curious too … http://counterjihadreport.com/tag/chapel-hill-shooting/

— To understand the horrid REALITY of “Mind Control” and “Occult Secret Societies that RUN the West/ World” … and how MANY US/ American CIVILIANS may actually be programmed “Sleepers” … and how ISIS and other US-Israel-NATO mercenaries are actually mind-controlled killers (as Mr. Kaminski so often stated) … … and how all this relates to the case of Craig Stephen HICKS … … these are some interesting resources:

(i) “”Science” – The Matrix of Masonic Mind Control” http://henrymakow.com/2013/11/The-Scientific-Dictatorship%20.html

“Science” – The Matrix of Masonic Mind Control

(ii) “MK-Ultra: Is Government Still Torturing Innocent People?” http://henrymakow.com/2015/02/Toronto-man-claims-MK-Ultra.html

(iii) “MK-ULTRAViolence — Or, how McGill pioneered psychological torture!” http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2012/09/mk-ultraviolence/

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FEATUREmkultraWEB.jpg

RELATED QUESTION : Did the murderer HICKS have any voodoo practicing friends, or Scopolamine supplying friends?

–

(iv) Our own Jonathan Azaziah has done a very thorough exposition on the link between lone gunman murders and Freemasonry (with regards to the Andres Breivik case): http://www.maskofzion.com/search?q=freemasons

[Excerpt:] “Political Zionism as we know it today encompasses a vast network of lunatics, hatemongers, warmongers and zealots but none are as noteworthy (or as mentally disturbed) as the Christian Zionists who have taken the Zionist entity itself as their idol-god. The reference in Albert Pike’s letter to political Zionism was of Christian Zionism (WHICH REVOLVES AROUND THREE, THREE and THREE), the final, transmuted, dilapidated form of Christianity after centuries of Jewish-Zionist weakening, put on the altar to be sacrificed along with Islam, annihilating all “goyim” once and for all.”

[FINAL NOTE: I remember a commenter called BlackBird9, from North Carolina, on TUT, who claimed that he used to be a Freemason. I wonder if he might have something to say about this sad event at Chapel Hill.]
Human Melody 1 says:

February 12, 2015 at 4:15 pm

Classic expositions reveal that MOST RITUAL SACRIFICES are extremely CALCULATED events by the JEWLLUMINATI, just like 9/11 (or any genocide, really). This one was no different. All you have to know is the Syrian (originally PALESTINIAN) victim’s name and its meaning:

Deah meaning : (Celtic) broken hearted; (Hebrew) God has Judged; (Indo-European) Light;
(Latin) Great

Shaddy : (Arabic) Singer

Barakat : (Arabic) Blessings, Prosperity

He (and his wife and sister-in-law) were killed at 5 pm., just a few days before the Western Valentine’s Day! … ‘5’ is the number of Satan (the god of Judeo-Freemasons and all things that begin with Penta-). … ‘Al-Ihsan’/ Excellence is the 6th pillar of Islam. The CIA-Islamism (and it’s masonic-Islamic forces of the world, as well as Satanic Zio-Christianity) had vowed after 1914 to cut down all Muslims to no more than 5 pillars. … They’ve failed to succeed completely, and they will fail entirely soon — because THAT is GOD’s Command. They’re time is almost up.

The Iran Quds Force Commander has said: Takfiri groups will soon breathe their last! http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/02/11/397154/Takfiris-breathing-their-last … And I’m just waiting for him to publicly expose what ISIS really is (as to its US-Israeli-NATO origin).
———————————————————————————————————————–

IF AMERICANS THINK THAT THE TROUBLE STOPS ONLY AT THEIR “MIND-CONTROLLED ASSASSIN” NIGHTMARES, they are DEAD-Wrong! … SOON, EVEN THE KIDS WON’T BE SPARED! IT HAS STARTED ALREADY:

Insofar, America has just been sitting there watching news like this:

“Israel coerces Palestine kids into confessing: says Rights group” http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/02/12/397234/Israel-coerces-kids-into-confessing

http://217.218.67.233/photo/20150212/a979813c-ffc7-4f2a-9254-3c882dfde2e2.jpg

… UNFORTUNATELY, THE SAME HAS STARTED FOR AMERICAN/ WESTERN KIDS TOO:

“Schools across the country are literally building 4×4 solitary confinement cells for children!”

http://www.onpointpreparedness.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/school-penn.jpg
http://www.davidicke.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/get-attachment-411-587×378.jpg
Human Melody 1 says:

February 12, 2015 at 4:15 pm

FINALLY, SOME ILLUSTRATIONS for critical REFLECTION, for the Fear of the LORD:

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/population-quadrant-faith-and-mind-control.jpg

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/remember-thus.jpg

… BECAUSE …

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/jesusjewsmemesmolokomeme1.jpg

… and BECAUSE this may well be your last chance to reflect, before this Sodom and Gomorrah becomes history, once again!

–
IF after ALL that has come to pass, America and the West STILL sports the SAME attitude towards the murder of Palestinians (now on home soil) … then AMERICA/ the WEST will have NO OTHER ENDING BUT [A WELL-DESERVED] THIS :

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Human Melody 1 says:

February 12, 2015 at 4:17 pm

Once Again … the Reminder :

https://hm1images.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/clash-of-civilizations.jpg
Human Melody 1 says:

February 12, 2015 at 4:37 pm

“Schools across the country are literally building 4×4 solitary confinement cells for children!”

http://www.onpointpreparedness.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/school-penn.jpg
http://www.davidicke.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/get-attachment-411-587×378.jpg

http://investmentwatchblog.com/perhaps-you-didnt-know-schools-across-the-country-are-literally-building-solitary-confinement-cells-for-children/
someone says:

February 12, 2015 at 6:10 pm

“Hicks’s wife Karen Hicks told reporters at a news conference that her husband had been locked in a longstanding dispute over parking and the killings had nothing to do with religion. She said Hicks was not hateful and believed “everyone is equal.””

You have to be one hell of a stupid brain dead moron to believe that, what disgusting bullsh*t are they going to feed us next? that 9/11 was a dispute over excess baggage? how come nobody heard of this parking nonesense until the lawyer and jewish media came in to damage control? if this really was a parking dispute why didn’t he just have it out with driver? why hurt anybody else? why the fu## did he have to murder all three of them execution style? who does that? who loves shooting young talented college kids in every miserable moment of the soulless existence? who loves making blockbuster movies about snipers butchering Muslims and Arabs?

This filthy sack of pure sh*t is a Soulless Jinn (Genetic Psychopath) and appears to be linked to that chosenite front southern poverty law.

DEVELOPING: Hate Group SPLC Connected To Radical Leftist Shooter At UNC Chapel Hill

“What is it about the Southern Poverty Law Center that drives leftists to murder? …

The guy who murdered innocent #Muslims is a radical athiest fan of #Progressive extremists @Maddow @splcenter http://t.co/iXGVSt1YCR

A review of the Facebook page of the man charged in these murders, Craig Hicks, shows a consistent theme of anti-religion (except for the Death Cult that is Judaism) and progressive causes. Included in his many Facebook “likes” are the Huffington Post, Rachel Maddow, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Freedom from Religion Foundation, Bill Nye “The Science Guy,” Neil deGrasse Tyson, gay marriage groups, and a host of anti-conservative/Tea Party pages.””

Self-proclaimed atheist charged in slayings of North Carolina Muslim students

“The Southern Poverty Law Center, a national civil rights organization, told Yahoo News that Hicks is not in its database of known extremists. According to his Facebook page, Hicks is a fan of the Alabama-based hate watchdog group.”

5 Points To Know About Craig Hicks, Man Accused Of Killing 3 Muslim Students

And is it just me or does this soulless bastard look awfully a lot like that soulless chosenite child molesting butcher and cannibal Nathan Levi Bar-Jonah
mothman777 says:

February 12, 2015 at 7:02 pm

Hicks, the name of the assassin, is a common Jewish name. There is the real identity and the real motive, as Jewish scripture identifies ALL Gentiles as coming from the soul of who they say is their eternal adversary, Satan, whilst those same scriptures hold that ALL Jewish souls come only from God.

Of course, there really is no Satan, and the Jews themselves are the most demonic and Satanic people anyway in reality.

All that Satan and the goyim stuff is really just to rally and motivate the Jewish mafia tribe together into a furious, hardened machine to enslave all the goyim and eventually kill them all once the Jews have taken everything that they can get from them, like the US is going to find out when the Jewish government of the US unleashes the 1991 Noahide Laws on them at some point in the future.

Read Juri Lina to see what happened to Russia in 1917 the last time the Jews did that.
mlo says:

February 12, 2015 at 8:06 pm

Imagine had this been a Muslim man who killed three jews…over a freakin parking space. I think we all know what the reaction of the JMSM would be.

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U.S. gunman kills three young Muslims; motive disputed

Bytut editor

(Reuters) – A gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on Facebook and quarreled with neighbors was charged with killing three young Muslims in what police said on Wednesday was a dispute over parking and possibly a hate crime.

Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, a full-time paralegal student from Chapel Hill, was charged with first-degree murder in Tuesday’s shootings around 5 p.m. two miles (three km) from the University of North Carolina campus.

The victims were newlyweds Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, a University of North Carolina dental student, and his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Yusor’s sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19.

All were involved in humanitarian aid programs.

Students at UNC, where Yusor Mohammad was going to join her husband as a student later this year, were gathering on Wednesday for an evening vigil and prayer service.

The suspect, in handcuffs and orange jail garb, appeared briefly on Wednesday before a Durham County judge who ordered him held without bail pending a March 4 probable cause hearing.

Police said a preliminary investigation showed the motive to be a parking dispute. They said Hicks, who has no criminal history in Chapel Hill, turned himself in and was cooperating.

The killings drew international condemnation. The shooting sparked the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter on social media with many posters assailing what they called a lack of news coverage.

“I guess that Muslims are only newsworthy when behind the gun, not in front,” tweeted a poster who goes by the handle @biebersrivals.

Muslim activists demanded authorities investigate a possible motive of religious hatred.

“We understand the concerns about the possibility that this was hate-motivated and we will exhaust every lead to determine if that is the case,” Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said in a statement.

‘EXECUTION-STYLE MURDERS’

The killings occurred in a condominium complex in a wooded area filled with two-story buildings. Neighbors said parking spaces were often a point of contention.

“I have seen and heard (Hicks) be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community,” said Samantha Maness, 25, a community college student. But she said she had never seen him show animosity along religious lines.

On Facebook, Hicks’ profile picture reads “Atheists for Equality” and he frequently posted quotes critical of religion. On Jan. 20 he posted a photo of a .38-caliber revolver that he said was loaded and belonged to him.

Hicks’s wife Karen Hicks told reporters at a news conference that her husband had been locked in a longstanding dispute over parking and the killings had nothing to do with religion. She said Hicks was not hateful and believed “everyone is equal.”

Barakat’s family urged the shooting be investigated as a hate crime and said the three were killed with shots to the head.

“Today, we are crying tears of unimaginable pain over the execution-style murders,” Barakat’s older sister Suzanne told reporters. She said her brother was light-hearted and loved basketball.

The incident appeared to be isolated and not part of a targeted campaign against North Carolina Muslims, Ripley Rand, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, told a news conference with local police officials.

Imam Abdullah Antepli, Chief Representative of Muslim Affairs at Duke University, told the news conference it may or may not have been a hate crime and called for an easing of tensions.

A TURNING POINT?

Groups including the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the local Raleigh-based Muslims for Social Justice called for a federal investigation into possible hate crimes.

“I hope this terrible tragedy will be a turning point that brings the reality home that if we keep demonizing Muslims and equating their religion to terrorism, it will lead to more attacks,” said Manzoor Cheema, co-founder of Muslims for Social Justice.

His sister-in-law, Abu-Salha, a sophomore at nearby North Carolina State University, was involved in making multimedia art to spread positive messages about being Muslim American.

Students at UNC said the three friends came from two of the most prominent Muslim families in the Raleigh area.

“Deah was a very proud Muslim American. He was proud of all his identities,” said Sofia Dard, a 21-year-old senior psychology major. She said Muslims were used to occasional harassment in post 9/11 America, but the shooting “adds a whole level of seriousness.

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U.S. gunman kills three young Muslims; motive disputed

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(Reuters) – A gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on Facebook and quarreled with neighbors was charged with killing three young Muslims in what police said on Wednesday was a dispute over parking and possibly a hate crime.

Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, a full-time paralegal student from Chapel Hill, was charged with first-degree murder in Tuesday’s shootings around 5 p.m. two miles (three km) from the University of North Carolina campus.

The victims were newlyweds Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, a University of North Carolina dental student, and his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Yusor’s sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19.

All were involved in humanitarian aid programs.

Students at UNC, where Yusor Mohammad was going to join her husband as a student later this year, were gathering on Wednesday for an evening vigil and prayer service.

The suspect, in handcuffs and orange jail garb, appeared briefly on Wednesday before a Durham County judge who ordered him held without bail pending a March 4 probable cause hearing.

Police said a preliminary investigation showed the motive to be a parking dispute. They said Hicks, who has no criminal history in Chapel Hill, turned himself in and was cooperating.

The killings drew international condemnation. The shooting sparked the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter on social media with many posters assailing what they called a lack of news coverage.

“I guess that Muslims are only newsworthy when behind the gun, not in front,” tweeted a poster who goes by the handle @biebersrivals.

Muslim activists demanded authorities investigate a possible motive of religious hatred.

“We understand the concerns about the possibility that this was hate-motivated and we will exhaust every lead to determine if that is the case,” Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said in a statement.

‘EXECUTION-STYLE MURDERS’

The killings occurred in a condominium complex in a wooded area filled with two-story buildings. Neighbors said parking spaces were often a point of contention.

“I have seen and heard (Hicks) be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community,” said Samantha Maness, 25, a community college student. But she said she had never seen him show animosity along religious lines.

On Facebook, Hicks’ profile picture reads “Atheists for Equality” and he frequently posted quotes critical of religion. On Jan. 20 he posted a photo of a .38-caliber revolver that he said was loaded and belonged to him.

Hicks’s wife Karen Hicks told reporters at a news conference that her husband had been locked in a longstanding dispute over parking and the killings had nothing to do with religion. She said Hicks was not hateful and believed “everyone is equal.”

Barakat’s family urged the shooting be investigated as a hate crime and said the three were killed with shots to the head.

“Today, we are crying tears of unimaginable pain over the execution-style murders,” Barakat’s older sister Suzanne told reporters. She said her brother was light-hearted and loved basketball.

The incident appeared to be isolated and not part of a targeted campaign against North Carolina Muslims, Ripley Rand, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, told a news conference with local police officials.

Imam Abdullah Antepli, Chief Representative of Muslim Affairs at Duke University, told the news conference it may or may not have been a hate crime and called for an easing of tensions.

A TURNING POINT?

Groups including the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the local Raleigh-based Muslims for Social Justice called for a federal investigation into possible hate crimes.

“I hope this terrible tragedy will be a turning point that brings the reality home that if we keep demonizing Muslims and equating their religion to terrorism, it will lead to more attacks,” said Manzoor Cheema, co-founder of Muslims for Social Justice.

His sister-in-law, Abu-Salha, a sophomore at nearby North Carolina State University, was involved in making multimedia art to spread positive messages about being Muslim American.

Students at UNC said the three friends came from two of the most prominent Muslim families in the Raleigh area.

“Deah was a very proud Muslim American. He was proud of all his identities,” said Sofia Dard, a 21-year-old senior psychology major. She said Muslims were used to occasional harassment in post 9/11 America, but the shooting “adds a whole level of seriousness.

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The Jews and Their Lies… Netanyahu confirms Egyptian intelligence chief visited Israel before October 7 but says the two never met

Straight from the mouths of Satan’s children… ‘We would bomb a location knowing beforehand that 300 civilians would be killed just to eliminate one insignificant Hamas target’

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