Professional-Palestine photographer, good friend killed by Muslim man in Tucson anti-LGBTQ hate crime

A Muslim man shot and killed a pro-Palestinian photographer and his good friend as they have been leaving an Arizona homosexual bar earlier than turning the gun on himself in what cops say was a hate crime.

Ousman Ceesay unleashed the violence in Tucson round 12:30 a.m. Monday — focusing on two males he didn’t know, Tucson Police confirmed.

Cameron Davis Capara, 33, and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, have been within the car parking zone of Venture-N after they have been confronted after which shot by Ceesay, in keeping with cops.

Ceesay, 44, then shot himself with a 9mm handgun.

The gunman was carrying a observe with a listing of different gay-friendly companies within the space, however cops stated he by no means tried to enter the bar close to the place he dedicated the heinous crime.

A second observe in his dwelling discovered by detectives “indicated he acted alone and that this shooting was a targeted attack motivated by hate toward the LGBTQIA+ community,” the division stated.

Ceesay, initially from The Gambia in West Africa, had no prior contacts with the police division and had solely simply moved to the realm from Oklahoma City in December, the Arizona Daily Star reported, citing sources.

He and his spouse have been going through cash troubles after racking up greater than $76,000 in debt that pressured them to declare Chapter 7 chapter in 2018, in keeping with the outlet.

Ceesay beforehand labored as an Uber driver and was a working towards Muslim who prayed 5 occasions a day, his cousin instructed the Arizona Daily Star.

The victims have been remembered at a vigil this week as caring and joyful, AZPM reported.

Capara was a photographer who spent years documenting LGBTQ nightlife, campus demonstrations, rallies over Gaza and protests towards ICE.

“He cared deeply about people in Tucson or those thousands of miles away. People who were marginalized, overlooked, or misunderstood,” stated his father, Jeff Capara.

“One of the issues I admired most about him was that he didn’t choose individuals. He believed that everybody had their very own story, their very own struggles, and their very own causes for being who they have been.

“He wanted people to have the freedom to simply be themselves without being judged for it. And in the same way, he didn’t want to be judged himself. He wanted to be accepted for who he was.”

Siqueiros’ sister, Kate Marquez, stated her brother made an eerie assertion about his legacy of their final cellphone name earlier than his loss of life.

“At one point, Vincent wondered aloud, ‘If something happened to me, who would actually be there?’ That was six days ago,” she stated at a memorial for her brother and Capara.

“Vincent, look who’s here. Tonight, thousands of people have answered my little brother’s question. And I wish more than anything he could stand here where I’m standing and see this for himself.”