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The North Carolina man accused of fatally shooting three members of a Muslim family Tuesday had a dozen firearms and loaded magazines and cases of ammunition in his home, according to search warrants released Friday.
Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, is charged with three counts of murder for the deaths of his neighbors Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21 and her sister; Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, who were killed in their home near the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday.
Search warrants in the case say officers responding to a report of gunfire at 5:11 p.m. found Deah Barakat fatally shot in the head as they approached the apartment, NBC station WNCN reported. Yusor and Razan were found inside the apartment, also shot to death.
The shooting was apparantly over a ongoing parking dispute but some have speculated it was due to the fact they were targeted instead as Muslims and it was more of a hate crime.
Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, is charged with three counts of murder for the deaths of his neighbors Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21 and her sister; Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, who were killed in their home near the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday.
Search warrants in the case say officers responding to a report of gunfire at 5:11 p.m. found Deah Barakat fatally shot in the head as they approached the apartment, NBC station WNCN reported. Yusor and Razan were found inside the apartment, also shot to death.
The shooting was apparantly over a ongoing parking dispute but some have speculated it was due to the fact they were targeted instead as Muslims and it was more of a hate crime.
