she loved yusor a lot. just can't imagine if yusor was to leave this world and razan didn't, i don't think razan would have been able to survive without her sister because it were so connected together. i am kind of looking at it last time i was thinking, it is kind of a blessing that they happen to pass together because they all needed each other so much. i don't think razan would have been able to do it without her and vice versa. >> i would like to talk to professor omid safi as well about what occurred. fessler, could you explain to us what your response to the way in which the media has been covering these tragic deaths? >> thank you. it is obviously a very heavy time for all of us here in north carolina and in the country. i think the initial response of the community here has been to ask the media focus to be on the lives of these three beautiful young, idealistic, passionate people, these three young muslims who connected the suffering here in america to the suffering around the world, who worked in

razan mohammad abu-salha and her sister, yusor abu-salha, and yusor's husband, deah barakat were killed execution-style in what family members call a hate crime. suspected gunman craig stephen hicks has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder. hicks had frequently posted anti-religious comments on his facebook page. police say an early probe suggests the killings resulted from a parking dispute, a claim the victims family and friends reject. the fbi is also investigating. a crowd of over 5,000 packed a soccer field at north carolina state for thursday's service. they paid tribute to the victims and amending justice for their murders. in international news, eight ukrainian soldiers have been killed and several dozen wounded in continued fighting in eastern ukraine. the violence comes just after ukraine and russia agreed to a new ceasefire at a summit in belarus, but the truce won't take effect till sunday. new shelling has been reported today in the rebel strongholds of luhansk and donetsk. in washington, state department spokesperson jen psaki said that despite the ceasefi

>> there have been more than one instances in which he has approached deah yusor, yusor's mom and youw i don't know in hindsight if they should have done things differently, but they were trying to you know the advice that yusor's mom gave was be kind to him because that's what we're taught in islam is be kind to your neighbors and maybe with kindness he can turn around. of course none of us ever imagined that this would be the result of those kinds of threats. >> what kinds of things did he say to your family? >> so occasionally feel free to reference a previous interview where i elaborated a little more on the parking situation, but suffice it to say that on the day of the murders, the parking spot that was quote, unquote, disputed had no parking -- no car in it. i wondered maybe was it razan who was visiting her sister to keep her company had maybe parked in that spot and that triggered it. no. they all knew not to park in this disputed visitors' parking spot. by disputed i mean the one that the neighbor claimed belonged to his wife and had been cleared by the apartment complex age

deah and yusor barakat -- newlyweds. and yusor's sister raza abu salhat the family saying they were shot execution style. >> she told me he hates us and how we dress. >> reporter: hicks, appearing in court today, charged with three counts of first degree murder. police say he turned himself in hours after killing his chapel hill neighbors. hicks' wife saying he snapped over a parking situation at their apartment complex. >> this incident had nothing to do with religion or victims' faith. >> reporter: but hicks openly posted on facebook his disdain for organized religion. investigators say while this shooting was an isolated incident, they are investigating it as a possible hate crime. deah and yusor barakat had just married in december. both looking to become dentists, >> i'm a dental student at unc. >> reporter: working to provide dental care to the less fortunate here and in the middle east. >> i'm angry. we have done nothing but be model american citizens. >> reporter: there's a vigil under way here tonight at unc cha

yusor was born in jordan and came with us when she was six months old, 21 years old.h, my son-in-law was born and raised in raleigh. they were all achievers. they were all honor students. the best kids you can ask for. you can't ask for more than this. >> a beautiful family and i join so many americans in saying all of our thoughts are with all of you who survive them today. tell me if any of this is too fresh, too painful to talk about, say if you don't want to touch on anything so many around the country are wondering after police said this was a parking dispute from their preliminary investigation. we understand there have been prior confrontations between your family members and this neighbor who is alleged to have killed them. what have you heard about those encounters, sir? >> i've heard everything. i have the story, sir, our daughter yusor got married on december 27th and i'm wearing the same suit i wore to her wedding. they moved in with her husband after their one week honeymoon and this is where the problem started, deah has been living in that apartment for

do you think things changed when yusor and razan nooufed in.ey were clearly muslim as opposed to deah who would not have been so obvious. did things change when they moved in? >> i've never heard anything from deah complaining about the neighbor or about parking before. never really heard anything about it until unfortunately right after the incident. the actually razan was just there visiting. she just come from raleigh visiting her sister for a couple of hours. for both of them to just be intimidated like that it's just unreal. unreal. >> my i add something to what i said? >> yes. >> one thing i forgot to say. you've got to realize deah looked very white. 6'3" tall athletic. always wearing sports attire. deah was probably mistaken by this guy for the average white kid. if this guy was picking on people for parking for years that's i heard, then definitely he picked up his victims based on who they were when my daughter moved in. >> let me ask you and this is hard question to ask but i think it is important. the fbi is investigateing whether t

yusor and deah's friend and seeing how strong they were and just believing they are in a better place. >> you have known them since high school, right? tell us about them. >> yes. dee kwa and i went to school together and he was the type of person who made everyone laugh. he was a jokester but nice and he never wanted to upset anyone. and yusor, we were not close in grade school but we became close in college and we had a class together and we started to get closer. and we would sit in class and joke around, and eat fruit roll-ups in the back of the class. >> i am glad that you guys could have a smile a moment right there. and deah was in his second year of dental school to raise money to go on a dental care for refugees. let's have a look. >> have you ever felt helpless about the situation in syria and felt like you could not do anything about it? well, this is the opportunity to held heldp. this summer, i'm embarking on a are trip to turkey with ten den dentists to help e refugees in need of dental care, and we will do extractions, and oral care for those most many need. >> omar you

deah and yusor had just married in december.both looking to become dentists. >> i'm a dental student at unc. >> reporter: working to provide dental care to the less fortunate here and in the middle east. >> i'm angry because we have done nothing but be model american citizens. >> reporter: there was a vigil at unc chapel hill where deah was a student. his wife set to join him in the fall. many students here asking the same question, why? the accused killer, craig stephen hicks, has yet to enter a plea. tom llamas, abc news, chapel hill, north carolina. >>> it was an emotionally wrenching first day of testimony in the so-called american sniper trial in texas. chris kyle's widow taya choked back tears telling jurors that her husband seemed unusually tense in their final phone conversation as he arrived at a shooting range with accused killer, former marine eddie routh. the jury also heard that kyle described routh as, quote, straight up nuts in a text he sent to his best friend just moments before they were both gunned down. >>> o

suzanne barakat who lost her brother deah, his wife yusor and yusor's sister razan in chapel hill. >> the night before this horrific murder suzanne was in tears over fear for her family's safety in syria, a country ravaged by war. i cannot think what it says about our society that death struck her family in a quiet north carolina town. >> it doesn't surprise me this has happened and it saddens me to say that. >> reporter: the prayer and calls for understanding extended from the hospital to union square. >> the best thing we can do is carry on the legacy that these exemplary young talented individuals lived and were robbed of. >> reporter: the call tonight was for society to look past the hijab, outward signs of islam, and look at the people who came to america to live the ideals of freedom. >> don't listen to fox news. don't listen to cnn. go up to a muslim and ask how are you doing? who are you? it's not until we start these conversations that we can get to know one another and start to spread peace. this is why we're here today. thank you. >> reporter: in san francisco andria borba,

and yusor's wife razan was visited. all three were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head on tuesday. right now it's pretty quiet but there's a make shift memorial with flowers and signs supporting the three victims. >> thanks for that update aliyah, we'll follow this closely. so many of you have been moved by it and in a few minutes we'll talk to richard blumenthal who has pushed for specific observations of hate crimes about what constitutes a hate crime and whether this is it. in washington state, the fbi is now monitoring a situation in pascoe where outrage is building over what some are calling is an unjustified killing by police. there's a video, it shows pascoe police pursuing a homeless man on tuesday. you can see he runs he turns and then he appears to raise his arms at the end here before he's shot by police. obviously we're freezing that video before you see the final moment there. police say what you don't see in the clip is him throwing rocks at officers, refusing calls to rur surrender. this is the pol

we showed the statement to the brother of the two sisters, yusor and razan abu salha, who were killed in the shooting. >> it means a lot. he actually said what is on most of our minds. we do feel like americans. >> reporter: the president even quoting yusor in his statement, using her words from this oral history project. >> there's so many different people from so many different places, of different backgrounds and religions -- but here we're all one, one culture. >> reporter: so far, hicks has been charged with three counts of first degree murder. his wife saying he snapped after a parking dispute at the apartment complex where he and the students lived. the family of those two sisters telling me tonight they have been told to expect a call from the president, who wants to express his condolences. david? >> tom, thank you. >>> and overseas, to a brazen attack by isis in iraq. trying to infiltrate a massive air base. while hundreds of u.s. marines were on the base helping to train iraqis. martha raddatz in the region tonight. >> reporter: today on a sprawling iraqi military base wher

him and his wife, yusor, helped launch the chapter.nger sister razan, was a current officer in our chapter and her job was monthly feedings for the homeless and she would set up feedings where our students and young volunteers would go out every month and serve the people of raleigh and that should tell you everything you need to know about the characters of these people. these were the best of the best. these are the kind of people characters the kind of children that every parent dreams for. it's a tragic tragic loss for the community. >> i'm so glad you pointed out the monthly homeless feedings. i've seen pictures on the internet. not just that deah was going to turkey this summer but this is something they did daily, weekly monthly. can you talk to me about deah's trip to turkey this summer? why was this so important to him? >> you know deah is following in his brother's footsteps. his brother served with us and served syrian refugees in turkey before. this is a family that has inspired many people in the community. it's not just d

he was giddy, telling us all kinds of things about yusor. said you don't know her that well.g her smile and all she had done he felt happy with her. >> and so what? weeks later -- they dated, the big wedding full of love and laughter, i understand, that was in december. so it was pretty quick. >> yeah. what was that sorry. >> it was pretty quick, this courtship. >> yeah. i mean with our -- the way our religion is that's how it works usually. dating isn't something that really happens with us. yurkly we go directly to the father and from there things move on. >> let me just pivot what leads to really the big question i know that even is asking. why, why did this happen these three senseless murders. i know one of deah's neighbors spoke and said the suspect had a lot of encounters with a number of different people at this apartment complex. take a listen to this. >> i have seen and heard him be very unfriendly to a lot of people in community. >> basically he yelled at evening everybody. >> yeah, he did. equal opportunity anger. >> equal opportunity anger. did deah every mention

crime written all over it. >> reporter: police say hicks shot and killed deah barakat, his new wife yusor and her 19-year-old sister razan, inside their chapel hill apartment. the family telling abc news they were each shot in the head. hicks' wife saying this may have started because of a dispute between her husband and the alleged victims over a parking space at the apartment complex. >> something just snapped. >> reporter: but hicks, who is being held would bond openly posted on facebook his proposed solution to the problems in the middle east. atheism. care drafting a letter with other groups calling for a federal hate crimes investigation. a sentiment echoed all over social media. the hash tacks muslim lives matter and chapel hill shooting trending all over social media. last night, a massive vigil on chapel hill's campus. tonight, another massive vigil. this time on the campus of nc state university. 1,000 people gathered here. david, we have an update on this case. the fbi now launching their own investigation into this matter. david? >> tom, thank you. >>> and a major headline fro

my daughter yusor complained and told us that she felt that man hated them for the way they looked andhe muslim garb they wore. she felt the heat has risen after she moved into the apartment and her friends came to visit and most of them were muslim attire. i would call on the chapel hill police unc, and president obama, churches mosques, synagogues and the american nation, if this is not a hate crime what is a hate crime? >> yesterday funeral services had to be moved to a large atmospheric field after more than 5,000 people showed up to maurn key de ya barra cat and yusor sala and razan. a nationwide project called story corps where she discusses culture in america. >> growing up in america has been such a blessing and, you know although in some ways i stand out such as the high jab i wear on my head the head covering, still so many ways i feel so embedded in the fabric that is, you know our culture and that's the beautiful thing here is that it doesn't matter where you come from there's so many different people from so many different places of different backgrounds and religions. >>

>> i talked with one of the friends of yusor abu-salha.th one of her friends that said you know i have no doubt in my mind this is a hate crime. i remember when she texted me after she had some friends over and her neighbor came by and said your friends are being disruptive and disrespectful. and he held his hand over his pocket where there was a gun. and i heard from other people that yusor said that she felt like craig hicks hearing aidated her. if she said he hated us i believe that. we heard this morning on "morning joe," susan said that it was outrageous for them to call it to say this was overa parking dispute, and she said that her brother had made a map of the different parking spots and had highlighted which ones his friends could not park in because the neighbor had approached him and his wife in the past saying that he was upset over this. >> do you have a sense, can you tell us in the community there how people are thinking about this? the idea of the parking dispute versus the idea of this being something of a lot more value.

deah his wife yusor and her sister razan were all killed.or discusses culture in america in a video. >> growing up in america has been such a blessing, and, you know although in some ways i do stand out, such as you know the hijab i wear on my head. the head covering. >> yes. >> there are still so many ways that i feel so embedded in the fabric that is you know our culture. and that's the beautiful thing here is that it doesn't matter when you come from. there's so many different people from so many different places of different backgrounds and religions but here we're all one. >> msnbc, closely following the developments and joining us from chapel hill thanks for being with us and start with the development with the fbi. they are very very careful here in choosing words and pointing out this is an inquiry, not an investigation? >> reporter: that's correct. this is an inquiry, not a full-blown investigation. this move allows the fbi, gives them some wiggle room allows them to do further digging and go over details that may not have been look

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meanwhile around the country last night, there were vigils all over to honor deah yusor and razan.f the largest was at north carolina university the undergraduate college of all three victims. overnight hundreds uniting in continued grief and anger across north carolina. >> these three people as young as they were were a source of inspiration, warmth and light for our community. >> reporter: mourning the murder of three muslim students razan, yusor and deah barakat shot and killed execution style alleged by by their neighbor craig hicks. they believe they were targeted because of their muslim identity. at the funeral thursday -- >> this has hate crime written all over it. >> reporter: the father of both female victims called for justice. >> we don't want revenge. we don't care about punishment. we care about acknowledging this the way it is and protecting every other child. >> reporter: as thousands in attendance knelt down in prayer chapel hill police were going door to door talking to neighbors. >> we are just canvassing. that's all we're doing at the moment. >> reporter: accordi

the loss of 23-year-old deah shaddy barakat his wife yusor mohammad, and her 19-year-old sister razan shocked the community. the three lived in this apartment. tuesday. the couple and razan, were shot dead. >> we ask you to celebrate the memory of our family members. we are in a state of shock and will never make sense of the tragedy. we appreciate your concerns and the outpouring of love and support. >> a neighbour, craig stephen hicks, has been charged with three counts of first degree murder. police believe a long-running argument over parking may be why hicks shot and killed the students. the family say it was an act of hatred based on their children's religion. >> it was a hate crime from a neighbour. our children spoke about they were uncomfortable. he came to their apartment more than once conagree screpd of course, threatening, despising and talking down to them. all three students were academically successful and involved in charity work. their deaths sparked wide debate on social media, many calling for the killer to be charged with a hate crime. on campus those of all faths

deah shakedy barakat yusor mohammad and rassan was killed in chapel hill. police say an argument over parking may have led to the killing. but the family say it may have been a hate crime. >> we appreciate love and support from the community at large. we ask that the authorities investigate the senseless and heinous murders as a hate crime. we ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time. andy gallagher has more. >> we have been talking to the family of the victims, they are clearly in mourning. deah's sister spoke about her brother, sister-in-law, spoke about how they helped the local community, and helped syrian refugees with charitable work. the family disputes claims that this was over a parking matter. they claim hicks singled them out because of their faith, and call for this to be an investigation of a hate crime. that would take the investigation out of local police's hands, making it federal. this case, as the police say, is in the early stages craig stooep hicks has been -- steven hacks had been charged with first degree murder. >>

with her parents for the past few days, and seeing so many things and knowing what kind of people yusor and deah were, it seems like it is because i mean, they were only people that were shot in the neighborhood. and i mean, if he went maybe killed all the neighbors, then maybe then we can be like, oh, he has an issue. but they were our friends, and we feel like they were targeted for some type of reason. >> from what we're learning about the suspect, here he is, craig hicks, he's definitely not a fan of any religion it seems. jason carroll went through his facebook page and what he found definitely shed some light on this very subject. >> reporter: in chapel hill, at the apartment complex where three muslims were murdered tuesday night, police going door to door as part of their investigation. >> hi there. can we ask you guys how the investigation is going so far? >> i just can say we're canvassing. and that's all we are doing at the moment. >> reporter: flowers in front of the apartment where the victims lived, 23-year-old deah barakat, 21-year-old wife yusor and 19-year-old razan vis

how she spoke, yusor a promise cut short and these three young americans. not muslims.stigation and the truth needs to come out. >> and a full look at exactly what was behind what happened and no rush to judgment for sure. >> no rush to judgment. >> learned so much today. >> thank you guys for being with us. bottom of the screen you see the people who helped put together our show all week and we greatly appreciate all they do we don't know how they put up with it. >> i don't think they do put up with us. >> i don't think they do. >> they do great work and thanks to them and thanks to you always for your patience. if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." we'll see you on monday. have a great weekend. >>> good morning, good to be with you. i'm frances rivera if for jose, first on "the rundown," extreme winter weather one-two punch, already buried under three feet of snow new england bracing for

one friend recalls a phone call that yusor made after her friend had left the condo complex and yusored if anyone had approached her. >> we just left. we didn't see anybody. i asked her why and she said i don't know because my neighbor came to my doorstep. he had a gun. she didn't say he was pointing it but he did have one and he told her that your friends are too loud and they woke up my wife. >> when we heard about this, he was the first -- he was the only person to come to our mind just because -- you just don't come -- you don't come to your neighbor's house with a gun. you just don't do that. >> it seems like it is because they were the only people that were shot. i mean if he went to all the neighbors neighbors. he had an issue. >> the neighbor told the news "observer" he would do that to multiple people. >> i have seen him be aunfriendly to a lot of people. >> he yelled at everybody. >> yeah. he did. equal opportunity anger. >> let me turn now to the civility rights lawyer and senior editor and cnn analyst mark o'mara. gentlemen, welcome to both of you. >> thank you, brooke. >>

we showed the statement to the brother of the two sisters, yusor and razan abu salha. killed in the shooting. >> i'm very humbled that he quoted my sister. i actually broke down in tears. >> reporter: the president even quoting quoting yusor in his statement. using her words from this oral history project. >> there's so many different people from so many different places of different backgrounds and religions. but here we're all one. one culture. >> reporter: so far, hicks has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, but has yet to enter a plea. his wife saying he snapped after a parking dispute at the parking apartment complex where he and the students lived. for "good morning america," tom llamas, abc news, raleigh. >> so sad for the families and the muslim community as well in general. >> global outrage over this story. >> let's go to ron with a look at the other stories. that we've been tracking overnight. good morning, ron. >>> good morning, paula, dan. sara. good morning, everyone. we begin in washington state where an investigation has been launche

he loved his wife yusor, he loved his in-laws, and it's a sad day for boeing of our families. >> there were reports that the suspect and your brother that they had had interactions prior to this. is that to your knowledge true? were you aware of that? >> to my knowledge, yes. there had been issues of some disrespect and harassment from the neighbor's standpoint. it's basically infriendible to me that you can murder throw people -- incomprehensible to me that you can murder three people by shooting a bullet into their head and killing them over a parking spot. let's leave it at that. >> you think there's more to it? >> absolutely. >> i don't want to ask anything you don't want to talk about, so feel free just say "i don't want to talk about it," but you say there had been some interactions. do you think that they had anything to do with your brother's religion? with how he was perceived by this person? >> having heard secondhand from what a very close friend of yusor's had said, basically he said because of the way you look and not comfortable with a, the way you look and -- i'm really

his wife was yusor muhammad and her sister just 19, razan mohammad. the father says the suspect picked on the couple before and moments ago we heard from the suspect's wife. here she is. >> first of all, i want to express my deepest sympathy and condolences for the victims. like everyone else i was just completely shocked that this had happened. while the official investigation is still ongoing, i am cooperating with the authorities and intend to provide whatever information and assistance i can provide to them. while i'm unable to comment fully on the matter i can say with my absolute belief that this incident had nothing to do with religion or victims' faith but in fact was related to the long standing parking disputes that my husband had with the neighbors and our neighbors are various religions, races and creeds. at this point, i do humbly ask that everyone focus on the victims and their families and please grant us privacy during this difficult time. >> how can you say it had nothing to do with religion? can you tell us how you know that? >> we w

deah barakat, a dental student, his wife of less than two months yusor abu salha and her sister razan, an architecture student. investigators say the suspect's postings on facebook show no animosity toward muslims. he called christians hypocritical for opposing a plan for a mosque near new york's ground zero, and he made fun of people who believe in the bible. but legal experts say attacking people because they're religious regardless of their faith could still be a hate crime. >> usually people think of that in terms of animosity towards one particular religion, but if you have animosity towards all religions, that would seem to fit within the statutory language. >> reporter: even if evidence is found that the killings were motivated by hate that might not make a difference legally. hicks is charged with first-degree murder, that's a crime punishable in north carolina by death. if the prosecutors choose to make this a capital case, lester. >> all right, pete, good to have you here, thank you. >>> it's been a wild week of drama in the state of oregon culminating tonight with the resig

. >> more than 5,000 mourners turned out in raleigh for the funeral for deah barakat, his new wife yusorr 19-year-old sister razan abu salha. residents insist they were targeted for their religion. craig hicks who often complained about organized religion has been charged. >>> police in washington, d.c. are working with very little evidence about the death of a 30-year-old attorney. david messerschmitt found dead in a row tell room. the person in a surveillance video is a person of interest offering a $25,000 reward for that person's identity. his wife seemed nothing seemed unusual the last time she had contact with her husband. >>> and the man seen in this surveillance video is now under arrest for stealing luggage at l.a.x. airport out there, the 23-year-old ryan green there has admitted to police he took passengers' luggage off airport carousels and after taking the bags he went through them in a men's restroom. green now charged with five felony counts. >> never check. >>> bill cosby is facing two more accusers adding to dozens of others who have come forward. the women making the la

. >> barakat, his wife, yusor, who also wanted to become a dentist and her little srls resin a studenttate were murdered in chapel hill on tuesday. their neighbor, craig stephen hicks has been charged with the killings. a global outcry began after police announced the motive for the shooting was a dispute over a parking space, but police and federal investigators say they have not ruled out the possibility of a hate crime. joseph kennedy is a law professor at the university of north carolina. how hard is it to prove a hate crime? >> it's very hard. it's always hard to get into someone's head. it's always hard to prove motive. >> reporter: kennedy says prosecutors will have to prove the main reason the students were killed was because of their race religion, or another protected status. >> it's not enough if it's one of the reasons. it has to be the main reason why they committed the crime. you can't prosecute someplace for a hate crime simply because of past hate speech or even because of membership in a hate group. >> reporter: north carolina does not have a felony hate crime charge,

yusor and razanbarakat had just been married. suzanne barakat is his sister. >> i will never be able to make sense of this horrendous tragedy. we ask that the authorities investigation the heinous murders. >> reporter: hicks' facebook page talks about hate crimes in general. he is an ordained minister and likes firearms. >> i can't say but it was related to a long standing parking dispute. >> reporter: his wife has now filed for divorce and tonight family and friends plan to hold another vigil. charlie? >> vicente, thank you. >>> the captain of the cap seitzed cruise ship "costa concordia" faced 16 years in prison. hoe was charged with the manslaughter of 32 passengers and the crew. the captain abandoned the ship with hundreds of people still on board. schettino could and can appeal the verdict. >>> this morning three winners will share more than half a million dollars in the powerball jackpot. they matched all six numbers. the $564 million prize is the fifth largest payout in u.s. history. manuel bojorquez is in princeton, texas

his wife, yusor, was also going to become a dentist. haneen ahmad was a friend of all three victims. >> i'm glad our community stood by each other in a time like this. >> reporter: tonight, more families will come to this mosque to offer their condolences. today, jordan's ambassador did the same. scott, two of the victims are of jordanian descent. >> pelley: we don't know if race had anything to do with this story, but a camera caught a police officer's violentth confrontation with an innocent man in alabama and here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: police in madison alabama, were responding to a 911 call for a suspicious man walking in a residential neighborhood. >> hi, bud. >> reporter: they approached 57- year-old sureshbhai patel. he's an indian citizen who was visiting his son nearby. >> reporter: patel doesn't speak english. >> reporter: just as another police cruiser pulled up, the takedown. >> stop trying to jerk away from me. >> reporter: the officers tried to lift patel to his feet but he appeared limp. patel's family says he was p

. >> reporter: the killings of deah shaddy barakat, his wife, yusor, and razan were mourned across the world with the hashtag muslim lives matter. authorities say accused killer craig stephen hicks is cooperating in the triple investigation. >> i just heard gunshots. >> reporter: police say gunfire broke out tuesday evening after a dispute over a parking space outside the condo where the three family members lived below the suspect. all three had earned undergrad honors at n.c. state. barakat was in his second year of dental school at the university of north carolina. suzanne barakat is his sister. >> we are still in a state of shock and will never be able tole make sense of this horrendous tragedy. we ask that the authorities investigate these senseless and heinous murders as a hate crime. >> reporter: investigators have said they have not ruled out the possibility of a hate crime and the f.b.i. has been called in. karen hicks is the suspect's wife. >> i can say with my absolute belief that this incident had nothing to do with religion or victims' faith but in fact was related to the

arresting craig hicks allegedly killing the newlyweds barakat and yusor mohammad and her sister, razanmad abu-salha moe . they say there is a parking dispute but looking into whether hate is a factor. >>> and the rocket takes flight. >> on way to a destination a million miles from earth, taking four months to get there. carrying the u.s. government's discovered deep space climate observatory. the satellite will monitor solar storms and provide the first pictures of the entire sun-lit earth since the apollo moon landing in 1972. >>> days away from valentine's day but before you head to the mall to buy something special for your loved one watch this report. if you think what you are buying is real gold you might want to think again. "action news" investigative reporter going undercover to expose an all-too-common way that some stores could be ripping you off. >> all that glitters isn't always gold. the ear rings may look shiny but tonight investigating a practice called under careting thinking you may be buying one thing but may be stunned to see what you were sold. >> this store 29 year

and the woman he'd just married in late december, 21-year-old yusor abu salha about to start dental school. also killed, her sister, 19-year-old rizan studying architecture at n.c. state. because of islamic faith there was immediate concern the victims were targeted because of their religion. >> this is a hate crime from the neighbor. all children spoke they were uncomfortable with. >> reporter: a chapel hill police and other authorities say they believe the shootings were the result of a parking dispute at the condo. >> the events of yesterday are not part of a targeted campaign against muslims in north carolina. >> reporter: the suspect's wife agreed it was a dispute over parking. >> i can't say with my absolute belief that this incident had nothing to do with religion or victims faith. >> reporter: tonight at the condo complex, residents are mourning the loss of three young neighbors. as the university of north carolina tonight a candlelight vigil is planned and there's widespread grief throughout this small college town. lester? >> mark potter, thank you. >>> an emotional first day of

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