A 24-Year-Old Woman Was Shot Dead At A Gas Station In Texas, Her Family Claims The shooting Was A Hate Crime

Police say, Akira Ross, 24, was shot by an unknown man while filling up with gas at a gas station in Cedar Park, Texas.

Texas Gas Station ( Photo: NBC4 Washington )

Authorities believed the death was due to her sexual orientation

Akira Ross was shot and killed by a man unknown to police as she was filling up with gas at a gas station in the Austin suburb of Cedar Park at around 9:50 p.m., police said. She was pronounced dead on the spot and her culprit drove off. The suspected shooter was identified by police as a 23-year-old. He was arrested around 5:15 pm. After investigators tracked him more than 320 miles south to Ingleside, Texas, on June 4, the statement said. He has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held in the San Patricio County Jail. Information about his bond was not immediately available. It is unclear whether he filed a petition or hired a lawyer to represent him.

“It was a hate crime,” said Ross’ father, Anthony Hill, “She didn’t know him”

When she got out of her car, he started slandering her homosexuality for no reason. According to police, “Stanford and Ross had some verbal exchanges in the parking lot in front of their car, before Stanford allegedly shot Ross and fled the scene in his car.” did not provide any information. As the investigation continues, Hill says he faces unimaginable losses. Akira was the victim of the Cedar Park shooting just because she is gay.

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