Syracuse man was killed for being gay, police say
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/syracuse_man_was_killed_for_be.htmlMatt Michael
11/16/2008
SYRACUSE, NY - Dwight R. DeLee shot and killed Moses "Teish" Cannon
with a .22-caliber rifle Friday night because he didn't like that
Cannon was openly gay, Syracuse police said.
Cannon, 22, and his brother, Mark Cannon, 18, both of 404 Arthur
St., were shot as they sat in a car parked in front of 411 Seymour
St., where they had been invited to a party. The bullet grazed the
left arm of Mark Cannon, who was in the driver's seat, and hit Moses
Cannon in the chest, police said.
Police have charged DeLee, 20, of 420 Gifford St., with
second-degree murder. DeLee went into the home at 411 Seymour St. to
get the rifle after guests at the party started "making profane and
vulgar comments in regards to the sexual preference of our two
victims," police Chief Gary Miguel said.
