Sources: 17-year-old arrested in O'Shae Sibley's death
Police said the teen was charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Police said the teen was charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon.
The fatal stabbing of O'Shae Sibley, a professional dancer and choreographer, is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Witnesses said the killer used homophobic slurs before the stabbing. Shanelle Kaul reports.
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Newly released numbers from the Texas Department of Public Safety show there were 549 documented hate crimes in the state in 2022.
"Investigators believe this was a hate-motivated incident related to gender expression and gender identity," the Waterloo Regional Police said.
When investigators searched the suspect's home, they found a 12-gauge shotgun, ammunition, several knives, tactical vests and a Nazi flag, according to court documents.
The first-of-its-kind report included incidents of harassment and vandalism as well as physical attacks.
"This defendant is being held accountable for his horrific attempted mass shooting against the LGBTQI+ community in a Montana town," said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke.
The federal jury trial of 50-year-old Robert Bowers is underway for the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Bowers is accused of killing 11 worshippers inside the Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. Criminal defense attorney Lexie Rigden joined CBS News to talk about the case.
Eleven worshippers were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018. The suspect could ultimately be sentenced to the death penalty.
On May 14, 2022, a white supremacist shot and killed 10 people, all Black, in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket. A year after the attack, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown told CBS News how the city is moving forward.
One man was killed and five others were wounded when a gunman entered the Taiwanese church and opened fire in May of 2022.
A second day of jury selection is underway in the federal hate crime case against the man charged in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Robert Bowers is accused of killing 11 and wounding two others at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018. CBS News legal contributor and Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson discusses the case.
Billie Davis, 56, stabbed a teenage Indiana University student of Chinese descent in the head on a public bus in January 2023.
Rep. Zooey Zephyr was deliberately misgendered by conservative lawmakers demanding her censure over comments about a bill on transgender youth medical care.
A White homeowner charged with shooting and injuring a Black Kansas City teen who accidentally went to the wrong address pleaded not guilty to multiple charges in court Wednesday. Adriana Diaz has more.
Andrew Lester, who is White, is charged with first-degree assault. Prosecutors say that carries a tougher possible sentence — life in prison — than a hate crime would.
Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old White man accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, turned himself in on Tuesday. Classmates of Ralph's marched in solidarity with their wounded friend, who is recovering at home, his mother said. Adriana Diaz reports.
The pair allegedly drew three antisemitic symbols on a building's window before fleeing, police said.
Axel Cox was sentenced to 42 months in prison for intimidating his Black neighbors by burning a cross in their front yard, according to the Department of Justice.
A man is facing federal hate crime charges in connection with the shootings of two Jewish men near synagogues in Los Angeles earlier this week. The victims were shot after leaving religious services.
The shootings happened after the men left synagogues. Both victims were wounded, but survived.
The driver also faces state charges for allegedly running down a Vietnamese man in a racist incident last December.
Pebbles LaDime "Dime" Doe, 24, was killed in 2019 and remembered by friends and family as "the best to be around."