Friday’s killing came after Majors terrorized his neighbors for “years” with racist and anti-Muslim behavior, according to Jabara’s family, who are Orthodox Christian immigrants from Lebanon. The Jabara family had secured a restraining order against Majors in 2013 barring further contact, which Majors had broken twice in 2015, according to court records. Courts records indicate that Majors was extradited to California in 2013, but he returned to Oklahoma and got married to another man there in 2014. Describing Jabara as a “kind spirit,” the family said in its statement, “He created every Jabara family joke and filled our lives with love and laughter. An online fundraiser set up for Jabara’s family and supported by interfaith groups has raised more than $7,000 in one day as of Tuesday evening.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 17, 2016 03:33 UTC