The Chapel Hill Shooter Pleaded Guilty To Killing Three Muslim American Students In 2015

Posted Jun 13, 2019
The North Carolina man who fatally shot three Muslim American students in their Chapel Hill home in 2015 pleaded guilty to murder on Wednesday. Craig Stephen Hicks pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder for killing 23-year-old Deah Barakat; his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21; and her 19-year-old sister Razan Abu-Salha. (BuzzFeed)

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