TX - Akira Ross, 24, shot and killed in apparent hate crime, Cedar Park, June 2 2023

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Man shouted gay slur moments before gunning down woman in front of her girlfriend in Circle K parking lot: Police

Bradley Jacob Stanford was arrested for allegedly gunning down a gay woman in a gas station parking lot in Texas only moments after shouting a gay slur at her.

lawandcrime.com

A 23-year-old man in Texas has been arrested for allegedly shouting an anti-gay slur before shooting and killing a 24-year-old gay woman whom he did not know in the parking lot of a gas station. Bradley Jacob Stanford was taken into custody earlier this month and charged with one count of murder in the slaying of Akira Ross, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

According to a probable cause affidavit, officers with the Cedar Park Police Department at about 10 p.m. on June 2, 2023, responded to a call regarding a reported shooting at the Circle K convenience store located in the 12000 block of Ranch Road 620 North in Cedar Park, in the area of Austin.

Upon arriving at the scene, first responders say they observed a black Nissan sedan at one of the pumps. Next to the car they found Ross, who was “lying on her back in a pool of dark red blood.” Williamson County Emergency Medical Services arrived a short while later and at 10:05 p.m. pronounced Ross dead.

 

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Affidavit: 23-year-old man shot and killed woman after calling her a gay slur

Akira Ross, 24 died in the shooting. Bradley Stanford, 23, was charged with murder in her death.

www.kxan.com

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — An affidavit obtained by KXAN revealed details surrounding a shooting at a Circle K gas station in Cedar Park that left one person dead last week.

Akira Ross, 24, died in the shooting. Bradley Stanford, 23, was charged with murder in her death.

 

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Affidavit: Man yelled gay slur at woman outside Cedar Park gas station before killing her

Bradley Stanford yelled a gay slur at Akira Ross before fatally shooting her at a Cedar Park gas station, according to an arrest affidavit.

www.statesman.com

Affidavit: Man yelled gay slur at woman outside Cedar Park gas station before killing her​

A man arrested in the fatal shooting of a woman outside a Cedar Park gas station last week called her a gay slur before firing three shots at her, according to an arrest affidavit released Friday.

Bradley Stanford, 23, has been charged with murder in the death of 24-year-old Akira Ross. Officials say he did not know her.

 

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Family of Texas woman killed says shooting was a hate crime

Family of a woman gunned down outside an Austin-area gas station last week say the murder...

www.stamfordadvocate.com

CEDAR PARK, Texas (AP) — A man police say gunned down a woman outside an Austin-area gas station last week has been charged with murder, and the woman's family says the killing should be investigated as a hate crime as she was targeted because she was gay.

Akira Ross, 24, was fatally shot Friday night while she pumped gas in Cedar Park, 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Austin, according to the Cedar Park police. She died at the gas station, and the shooter fled in a vehicle.
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Ross' partner and her father both told the Austin American-Statesman that Stanford yelled gay slurs before opening fire. Ross’ partner said she recorded part of the confrontation on her phone and that she gave her phone to Cedar Park police.

Anthony Hill, Ross' father, told the American-Statesman that what witnesses who saw the killing told him makes him believe bigotry was the motivation and that “it was a hate crime.”

 

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It is 2023 and this is still happening. This is what happens when anti-gay rhetoric is condoned at the highest levels of our state government IMO. Just look at all the bills filed this session.

 

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What is wrong with people?

Man who wanted to kill gay people when he opened fire in Montana town sentenced to 18 years

No one was struck in the shooting in 2020 in Basin, population around 200, but officials say John Howald shot up a home and intended a mass killing.

www.nbcnews.com