Two black males who were arrested for allegedly murdering a handyman may face hate crime charges after one admitted that they were seeking to kill a white person, according to police.
23-year-old Tahj Matthews and 25-year-old Maurice Holmes were arrested on April 11 and charged with the first-degree murder of 66-year-old Lawrence Herr the day before in the city of Kenner, Louisiana.
Lawrence Herr
Herr was working as a handyman when he was fatally shot in the back while installing a mailbox. {snip}
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On Tuesday, during a hearing with Holmes and Matthews, a detective revealed a possible motive for the shooting. He said that they had confessed that they had “wanted to kill a white person.”
Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said that they were able to track the vehicle through license plate reader cameras.
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He told WWL-TV that they could face hate crime charges in addition to the murder charges.
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