Two suspects have been charged with murder and hate crimes in the killing of a Black Navy veteran and youth pastor at a California gas station last week, authorities say.
, the district attorney’s office provided photos of tattoos of a Swastika and the words “white power.” It wasn’t clear which suspect they belonged to. A spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.A third person was charged with being an accessory in the alleged crime.
In the news release, authorities said the killing occurred at a Chevron gas station in the city of Tracy. When officers found Peoples, he had been shot once and stabbed, the release says. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, Peoples' father, Maurice Peoples, said in an interview.Maurice Peoples said his son had gone to the gas station with his girlfriend to get quarters for laundry. The girlfriend, who stayed behind in their car, said that when Justin Peoples entered the gas station, the suspects followed him in, according to Maurice Peoples.Maurice Peoples said his son grew up in the nearby city of Stockton, in California's Central Valley.
When he was killed, Justin Peoples was a youth pastor with a local church and worked two jobs delivering auto parts and packages, Maurice Peoples said. He had two sons, ages 11 and 2, the father said. Maurice Peoples said that his son had a"big kind heart" and a big smile."When he came around you could feel the light from his smile," he said.
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