Hicks, who... Neighbors described [as] an angry man in frequent confrontations... often with a gun holstered at the hip.

But, let's center the whole news article on the fact that the victims were (allegedly) Muslim. This was a hate crime to the extent that Hicks hated everyone anyway- those people just happen to be the ones who managed to stray into his path.

Make no mistake. Dude's a murderer. He should be put away for what he did, wether it was to Muslims, Christians, Jews, or Atheists.