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A GUNMAN issued homophobic slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man at point-blank range in the face on a crowded street in New York.
"This is clearly a hate crime," said New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Marc Carson, of Harlem, was walking with a friend on Sixth Avenue near West Eighth Street, Greenwich Village, when they were approached by Elliot Morales, 33 and two other Hispanic males, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
One man snarled homophobic slurs at the men and asked them if they were “gay wrestlers,” Kelly said. The men continued moving and made a right onto West Eighth Street.
One of the Hispanic men left and Morales and his partner continued to follow the victim and another man.
Both the victim and another man with him were wearing tank tops, cut-off shorts and boots.
“Do you want to die here?” Morales asked the victim. He pulled out a .38-caliber revolver and shot Carson once in the cheek.
The shooting stunned a city where, in many neighbourhoods, same-*** couples walk freely holding hands. It also comes at a time when the gay marriage movement is gaining momentum in many parts of the United States. Twelve states have legalised same-*** marriage, including New York in 2011.
About 15 minutes before the bloodshed, Kelly said the gunman was seen urinating outside a restaurant.
The gunman went inside the restaurant and asked if someone was going to call the police about him.
Police said the gunman told both the bartender and the manager, "if you do call the police, I'll shoot you", and opened his sweatshirt to reveal a shoulder holster.
He also made anti-gay remarks.
Out on the street minutes later, the gunman and two others approached Carson and a companion.
Morales fled after the shooting but was caught a few streets down.
Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker who is bidding to be the city's first gay mayor, said there was a time in New York when hate crimes were a common occurrence, but that time had passed.
"We refuse to go back to that time," said Quinn, who represents Greenwich Village in the city council.
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"This is clearly a hate crime," said New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Marc Carson, of Harlem, was walking with a friend on Sixth Avenue near West Eighth Street, Greenwich Village, when they were approached by Elliot Morales, 33 and two other Hispanic males, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
One man snarled homophobic slurs at the men and asked them if they were “gay wrestlers,” Kelly said. The men continued moving and made a right onto West Eighth Street.
One of the Hispanic men left and Morales and his partner continued to follow the victim and another man.
Both the victim and another man with him were wearing tank tops, cut-off shorts and boots.
“Do you want to die here?” Morales asked the victim. He pulled out a .38-caliber revolver and shot Carson once in the cheek.
The shooting stunned a city where, in many neighbourhoods, same-*** couples walk freely holding hands. It also comes at a time when the gay marriage movement is gaining momentum in many parts of the United States. Twelve states have legalised same-*** marriage, including New York in 2011.
About 15 minutes before the bloodshed, Kelly said the gunman was seen urinating outside a restaurant.
The gunman went inside the restaurant and asked if someone was going to call the police about him.
Police said the gunman told both the bartender and the manager, "if you do call the police, I'll shoot you", and opened his sweatshirt to reveal a shoulder holster.
He also made anti-gay remarks.
Out on the street minutes later, the gunman and two others approached Carson and a companion.
Morales fled after the shooting but was caught a few streets down.
Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker who is bidding to be the city's first gay mayor, said there was a time in New York when hate crimes were a common occurrence, but that time had passed.
"We refuse to go back to that time," said Quinn, who represents Greenwich Village in the city council.
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