Gay

[Gavin]

A BOY of 15 was shot dead in school by another lad because he was openly gay, police believe.

Lawrence “Larry” King had bravely “come out” to fellow pupils.

But when he began to wear mascara, lipstick, high-heeled boots and jewellery it led to bullying from a group of kids in his class.

Cops say Larry was shot in the head by a fellow student who burst in on him and 24 classmates in a computer lab.

The killer fled but was arrested a few streets away.

Larry’s distraught schoolpal Marissa Morena, 13, said of him: “They teased him because he was different. But he wasn’t afraid to show himself.”

Brandon McInerney, 14, has been charged as an adult with murder as a premeditated hate crime.

Officers arrested the teen close to E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard near Malibu, California.

If convicted he faces 52 years in prison.


The murder has left the middle-class beach-side community stunned.


Jay Smith, executive director of a local gay support group attended by Larry, said: “We’re all shocked that this would happen here.”

Larry lived in foster care at a centre for abused children.

Dr Steve Elson, the head of the centre, said: “It’s just a huge trauma here. It’s emotionally very charged.”

[Whisper]

wow....just....wow

you don't shoot somebody for being different
this isn't the middle east or the inquisition

[Gavin]

It's just very sad to hear about things like this when i first read this in the paper i started to have a few tears in my eyes.

Killing someone just for coming out as be 'GAY' what gives that person the right to shoot him just because of his sexuality its really fucked up.

[The Resurrected One]

Damn it! :( I hate it so much when things like this happen, especially at an age that young.

I hope the killer does get his sentence of 52 years! And I hope Larry rests in peace. :( He did not deserve this.


A while back a 15-year-old African-American lesbian, Sakia Gunn, also got killed because of hate-crime. I think it was at a bus stop when two men approached her and her girlfriend and started hitting on them or something. But then they tried to make them go away by revealing to them that they were lesbians, and then one of the men got a knife and attacked them. In the end Sakia Gunn got killed, but I'm not sure of the other one.

I just hate it when this happens. Everyone who kills others because they are different deserve to go to hell. Hell should only be for people like those.

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

I posted about this kid earlier, and it truly is a tragedy. My heart goes out to his family, and his friends, and especially to his friends at Casa Pacifica (the centre for abused children mentioned in the article), who have gone through so much in their lives already.

One good thing seems to have come from this however. Larry was an organ donor and, on Valentine's Day, a young boy received his heart. Due to Larry's generosity, and his family's willingness to respect his wishes (though I'm sure it's hard to give permission to the doctor to do this), another child is getting a second chance at life.

[japanman]

wow thats messed up im basicllay speechless:( i hope the shooter gets what he deserves.:(
poor kid

[Hauptmann Kauffman]

Thats really sad, I hope they lock up that bastard for a LONGGGG time

[[[chickaroo92]]]

What the fuck is wrong with these losers?
Just because someone's seems to be "different" doesn't mean you can just go up to that person and shoot him.

[Hauptmann Kauffman]

I think it was more than him being gay...

[Gavin]

yeah its really shocking i'm just lost for words

[Antares]

Wow thats amazingly sad!