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May 20, 2013

Hate Crime Alleged in Shooting Death of Gay New Yorker 
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A gay man was shot to death in New York City Friday night in what police
are calling a hate crime. The victim, Marc Carson, was with a male
companion when the suspect accosted him and followed him for several
blocks. The suspect, Elliot Morales, confronted Carson and his male
companion with an anti-gay remark before opening fire. Police arrested
Morales after he fled the scene. Carson was 32 years-old and worked in a
midtown yogurt shop. A friend described him as a "proud gay man ... who
didn't have a negative bone in his body." The shooting occurred just
blocks from the Stonewall Inn, the West Village landmark that launched
the modern gay and lesbian rights movement after a 1969 police raid.

 

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