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July 9, 2019

Arizona Man Fatally Stabs Teenager for Playing Rap Music
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In Arizona, a man admitted to fatally stabbing a 17-year-old boy on July
4 because the teenager's rap music made him feel "unsafe."
Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Paul Adams was arrested and charged with
first-degree murder. He has previously been charged with assault, theft
and drug violations, and had been released from prison just two days
prior to Thursday's deadly attack. The victim, Elijah Al-Amin, was two
weeks shy of his 18th birthday and had plans to move to Seattle and work
in hotel management, according to his father.


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