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...panel, held in Sanders Theater, featured relatives of Matthew Shepard, Ricky Byrdsong and Joseph Ileto, all killed in violent acts deemed hate crimes...
Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, was beaten to death in 1998. Byrdsong, a black athletic coach at Northwestern University, died in 1999 after being shot in a drive-by shooting. Ileto died in 1999 after being shot by a gunman attempting to shoot Jewish children at a childcare center...
Sherialyn Byrdsong, the widow of Ricky Byrdsong, echoed Shepard's criticism of society but said the only way to stop hate crimes from occurring was to "return...
...strongly feel that the violent act that took my husband's life is another clarion call...wake up America, it's time to turn back to God," Sherialyn Byrdsong said...
...next day, Friday, shortly after 8 p.m., this customer allegedly drove into an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Chicago and began shooting. He wounded six men. Shortly afterward, he allegedly drove to Northbrook, Ill., and shot and killed Ricky Byrdsong, former head basketball coach at Northwestern University, as he walked with two of his children. By the time police cornered Smith, he had allegedly killed two men and wounded eight...