GAY KILLING HATE CRIME TRIAL BEGINS LOS ANGELES

Brandon McInerney is being tried as an adult in the shooting death of 15-year-old Lawrence King.




Lawrence King, 15, was shot in the back of the head in English class in 2008
King was an openly gay eighth grader
Classmate Brandon McInerney, now 17, is being tried as an adult for murder

Jurors heard opening statements Tuesday in the murder trial of a teenager who is accused of gunning down a gay classmate execution-style in their Southern California junior high school classroom in 2008.

Brandon McInerney, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, is being tried as an adult on charges of first-degree murder, use of a handgun and a hate crime, said Ventura County Chief Deputy District Attorney Mike Frawley.

McInerney, now 17, allegedly shot 15-year-old Lawrence King, an eighth grader at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California, twice while both were typing papers in a computer lab for their English class, authorities said.

The trial is being held in Chatsworth, California, in neighboring Los Angeles County because the defendant successfully sought a change of venue in the high-profile case, Frawley said.

King, an openly gay teenager, was seated in the middle of the classroom with two dozen students and their teacher when McInerney allegedly shot him in the back of the head, authorities said.




McInerney managed to bring a handgun belonging to relatives inside the school, Frawley said.

After the first shot, King fell to the ground, and McInerney allegedly stood over him and shot again, Frawley said.

"It was a coup de grace shot," Frawley said of the second shot.

"There were no words exchanged. He just pulled out the gun and did it," Frawley said Tuesday. "The victim didn't even see it coming."

Both shots were at point-blank range, Frawley said.

Friends said King was proud of being openly gay. He liked wearing jewelry and makeup to school, and he often wore high-heeled boots with the school uniform. He asked his teachers to call him Leticia instead of Larry. Some students bullied him, pupils said.

King lived in a group home called Casa Pacifica, where workers said he started dressing like a girl.

Other students said McInerney was also subject to some harassment because King had a crush on him and made it publicly known.

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[MrBobLuck]

soldier 502000 how can you say mrbobluck has hate inside him since he is simply speaking the truth here and if that truth to you equates with hate then we all feel sorry for you amen

[MrBobLuck]

CORRECTION the International and World Body of Mental Health has ruled there is no correlationb whatsoever betyween gay and mental health so anyone who feels this way needs to be laced up for a straight jacket since they are looney tunes now!!! No one can change being gay any more than an African American can change his skin color -- you are born this way - get over it now!!!!

[MrBobLuck]

I take offense at anyone who thinks being gay is a mental health issue and anyone who believes this are the ones who need to be institutionalized since thats the kind of sickness that pervades society now and gays do not willfully with malice of forethought come into situations in school and harrass anyone and if anything the only ones who harras are the ignorant and really clueless people who  bully everyhone else into thinking being gay is a mental health issue now...

[MrBobLuck]

Obviously atruekneegrow you do not get it.... YOU don't kill or use violence against another human being simply to as you say ""stop being gay!" you are just as culpable as your friend since you simply will never understand it- you should also be beaten for being anything but human since being gay is to be human and if you subscribe to violence to stop being gay then you are just as culpable as your friend brandon and you need to be locked up as well...

[MsPamAnn]

I agree with the verdict. I work in the schools, and I see these gay boys harassing straight boys. Some gay boys walk around switching, talking like girls, cursing out the teachers and other students, fighting, and they are loud, and ignorant. Also, many of them fail their classes. All they want to talk about is gay sex, and they sometimes touch the boys. The U.S. government should create a "Department of Mental Health for Gays and Lesbians". We need to get mental health treatment for gays.

[ATrueKneeGrow]

brandon was my good friend, since like kindergartenn, he was cool in elementary , always chilled at recess and silver strandd, oxnard..

brandon shouldnt have killed the gay boy but instead kicked his ass to make him stop being gay

[tannerstell]

@soldier502000 but he has a point I am christian too, I ain't gay but God created everyone equal and he loves eveyone equally but he DOES hate the sin

[soldier502000]

@MrBobLuck Wow you have so much hate. You need to give your life to Christ right away that hate will kill you.

[hpcwsd]

Brandon is now Bubba's bitch in prison ! These so called "straights' are waiting till Brandon Drops the soap !!!!! (____o____) owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, momma !!!!!!!

[TheLincoln40]

He shouldn't have killed him. But the gay kid shouldn't have continually sexaully harrassed him.

[genestarwindjf80]

AND I WISH HE COULD OF GOTTEN A DEATH PENATY

[genestarwindjf80]

YOU GUYS OUT THERE IN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW HAVE NO RIGHT TO KILL OR BEAT UP A GAY PERSON. They have feelings and parents too. IF YOU HATE EM SO MUCH their are other ways to turn away. i FEEL LIKE BEATING THE SHIT out of this guy for killing a innocent person. FUCK ALL JOCKS AND ANYONE THAT WOULD DO THIS TO A GAY PERSON fucking idiots

[therall]

i dont hate gays i just hate the sin and i pray for yall the same way i bless yall