Its possible they were shot for different reasons, but Joss’s husband and another neighbor both stated that they were harassed due to his sexuality. Joss clearly worsened the tensions with his neighbor, but it seems very likely that it initially started due to their issues with his sexuality.
Source? The report I saw said he used a barbecue indoors but that it was turned off and the investigation didnt find it to be the cause.
Even if he had other issues, the killer still shot him while shouting homophobic slurs at him. It doesnt change it being a hate crime.
I think you need to do some reading on what a hate crime is.
Driving down to a gay bar and indiscriminately attacking gays because they are gay? That’s a hate crime.
Getting into an argument and shooting your neighbour you’ve had many arguments and threats with before - just a regular old murder.
Unless the arguments they had stemmed from Jonathan being gay. Which is the claim his husband is making.
Again, multiple people have reported that the arguments were caused by his homophobia.
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Its possible they were shot for different reasons, but Joss’s husband and another neighbor both stated that they were harassed due to his sexuality. Joss clearly worsened the tensions with his neighbor, but it seems very likely that it initially started due to their issues with his sexuality.