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23. Killing of Muslim teenager not being investigated as a hate crime, police say

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Mon Jun 19, 2017, 03:24 PM

Jun 2017

Killing of Muslim teenager not being investigated as a hate crime, police say

By Dana Hedgpeth, Justin Jouvenal and Julie Zauzmer June 19 at 2:58 PM

The death of a Virginia teenager who police say was attacked near a mosque in the Sterling area is not being investigated as a hate crime, authorities said Monday.
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Police had initially said a possible hate-crime motivation was among the things authorities were investigating. But that changed Monday when they posted a message on Twitter saying they were not investigating the case as a hate crime. Authorities did not immediately elaborate on that statement.
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Dana Hedgpeth is a Post reporter, working the early morning, reporting on traffic, crime and other local issues. Follow @postmetrogirl

Julie Zauzmer is a religion reporter. Follow @JulieZauzmer

Detectives believe road rage incident led to Reston teen’s murder. News conference today, time TBD.

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We are NOT investigating this murder as a hate crime. http://ow.ly/m4lQ30cHLQE

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Officials: 17-year-old Muslim girl assaulted and killed after leaving Virginia mosque [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jun 2017 OP

Just heartbreaking... AgadorSparticus Jun 2017 #1

Her picture had me in tears... so young, so earnest, so full of promise. hlthe2b Jun 2017 #2

Guess the "unity" and "toning it down" memos didn't get out very far hatrack Jun 2017 #3

Trump will claim we need to build a wall... EL34x4 Jun 2017 #19

This is Amurika... Freedomofspeech Jun 2017 #4

VICE had shown Muslims buying guns like the Republicans IronLionZion Jun 2017 #5

I have friend, that I have known my whole life that Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #7

This is on the same day as the van in London drove into Muslims... Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #6

They don't want to be educated. hadEnuf Jun 2017 #9

Then what's the solution? Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #10

In my opinion, the first thing is to quit wasting our time trying to appease them hadEnuf Jun 2017 #11

I agree with not trying to appease them, Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #12

From what I see, a large portion of the claims that they embrace hadEnuf Jun 2017 #21

By "them" and "they" do you mean Latino immigrants generally jberryhill Jun 2017 #29

Them or they refers to right wingers in general. hadEnuf Jun 2017 #30

The attacker in this case was a "right winger"? jberryhill Jun 2017 #31

If you follow the posts in the conversation I was having with another poster hadEnuf Jun 2017 #32

Out-organize them ck4829 Jun 2017 #14

I'm so sick of the extreme hatred coming from the right. Initech Jun 2017 #8

Current suspect being held Igel Jun 2017 #13

Some are trying to make this a gang (I've heard MS-13) crime haele Jun 2017 #16

The stories are conflicting RhodeIslandOne Jun 2017 #18

This is the point! Too many times we are defacto7 Jun 2017 #17

So horrific. hamsterjill Jun 2017 #15

Thanks, Trump! Doug the Dem Jun 2017 #20

Police say Muslim girl's killing near Virginia mosque was not hate crime Eugene Jun 2017 #22

Killing of Muslim teenager not being investigated as a hate crime, police say mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #23

Road rage??? Duppers Jun 2017 #24

The suspect is Honduran, and speaks no English. kwassa Jun 2017 #25

Trump remains silent. truthisfreedom Jun 2017 #26

Interesting how this isn't being treated as a hate crime/ terrorist act BUT Catmusicfan Jun 2017 #27

Because by all indications it wasn't a terrorist act? Ace Rothstein Jun 2017 #33

Unbearable. Hope her family and friends will find peace, in time. It won't be easy. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2017 #28