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May 21, 2013

Hundreds Honor Gay New Yorker Shot Dead in Apparent Hate Crime 
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More than 1,000 people marched in New York City's West Village Monday to
denounce anti-gay violence following an apparent hate crime that left
one man dead. Mark Carson, a 32-year-old gay African American, was with
a male companion when a gunman confronted the pair and followed them for
several blocks. The gunman yelled an anti-gay remark before opening
fire. The suspect, Elliot Morales, has been detained and charged. On
Monday, marchers honored Carson's life by marching from the LGBT
Community Center to the site where he was killed.

 

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