When police responded to Venture-N, a longtime gay bar in Tuscon, Arizona, around 12:30 a.m. local time Monday, officers found Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, dead from gunshot wounds.
Suspected gunman Ousman Ceesay, 44, died later at a hospital from what appeared to be self-inflicted wounds. Authorities have called the shooting a hate crime.
A note found on Ceesay the night of the shooting listed several additional LGBTQ-friendly businesses in the area. The discovery turned the double killing into evidence that the violence may have been intended to continue across the city’s queer gathering places.
Authorities say Ceesay had no prior connection to the two victims.
Police have launched a hate crime investigation after a deadly shooting early Monday morning in the parking lot of a gay bar near downtown Tucson.
The suspect, identified as 44-year-old Ousman Ceesay, had a note listing several LGBTQ-associated businesses, Tucson police said.… pic.twitter.com/lsdCSwWPRx
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The Tuscon Sentinel reports a search of the shooter’s home turned up more evidence that the killings were “motivated by hate toward the LGBTQIA+ community” and that he acted alone.
Tucson Queerstory, a local LGBTQ archival group noted hate crime killings against LGBTQ people are a rarity in Tucson. The Monday attack is the third since 2002 when Philip Walsted, 24, was beaten to death near 4th Avenue.
Tucson Queerstory, along with the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation and Southern Arizona Senior Pride, will hold a vigil for Siqueiros and Capara at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Catalina Park.
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