Father: Chapel Hill Muslims were killed 'execution style' - thehill

The three Muslim students shot dead Tuesday in Chapel Hill, N.C., were killed “execution style,” according to the father of two of the students.

"It was execution style, a bullet in every head,” Mohammad Abu-Salha told the Charlotte ObserverWednesday.

Abu-Salha rejected that explanation, calling the shooting a "hate crime."

“This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime. This man had picked on my daughter and her husband a couple of times before, and he talked with them with his gun in his belt. And they were uncomfortable with him, but they did not know he would go this far.”

He said that his daughter, who lived nextdoor to the suspect, had said she had “a hateful neighbor.”

Police have charged Hicks with shooting Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Mohammad Barakat, 21; and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19.

Hicks reportedly made anti-religion posts on social media, stirring speculation that the alleged attack might have been motivated by animosity toward Muslims.  Read More at thehill

Killing of three Muslims in Chapel Hill sparks an outcry