DA: Suspect Shouted Anti-Gay Taunts, Deadly Stabbing Came After Chasing Fleeing Victim

By Charles Sweeney
Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle


JAY STREET — Hate was on the docket Friday when an 18-year-old charged with intentional murder in the stabbing death of a 20-year-old gay man last spring appeared in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday. He appeared at a pre-trial hearing as the case moves toward a trial.


The defendant, Omar Willock, is charged with a hate crimes offense for the May 12, 2007 murder, a distinction that raises the charge against him to first-degree murder, according to Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes.

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