After man is charged in gay son's death, LGBTQ groups focus
A Los Angeles man charged with fatally shooting his year-old son for being gay had repeatedly threatened to kill him over his sexual orientation, prosecutors say. Amir Issa, 29, was found shot to death just outside the family home on Tuesday. While the Los Angeles County district attorney's office charged father Shehada Issa, 69, on Friday with murder as a hate crime in the son's death, investigators on Saturday still were trying to determine responsibility for a second killing at the home discovered by police at the same time, that of Amir's mother, police spokesman Officer Mike Lopez said.
Dad shoots and kills son for being gay in Los Angeles
For advocates of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth, the Nov. 2 shooting death of year-old Giovanni Melton was a call to action. For black LGBTQ advocates specifically, the. A year-old boy from Henderson, Nevada, in the US was allegedly murdered by his own father on Thursday 2 November for being gay. Wendell Melton, a year-old former employee of United Airlines, has been arrested and is being held on charges of murder , child abuse, and prohibited person possessing a firearm. Trial begins for Las Vegas father accused of killing son
A year-old man has been charged with one count of premeditated murder as a hate crime after prosecutors say he shot his son to death outside their North Hills home for being gay. Shehada Khalil Issa was arrested Tuesday after Los Angeles police officers found his son's body outside the home. Issa's wife, later identified as year-old Rabihah Issa, was found stabbed to death inside the residence. 
Los Angeles father allegedly killed son because he was gay
A MAN accused of fatally shooting his son outside a home where his wife was found dead has been charged with one count of premeditated murder as a hate crime, with prosecutors alleging he killed. For advocates of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth, the Nov. Police in Henderson, Nevada, where the shooting took place, have charged Giovanni's father, Wendell Melton, with murder, child abuse and firearms possession.
'He would rather have a dead son than a gay son'
Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a man who shot and killed his son with premeditated murder, alleging that he committed the crime because his son was gay. The man had rented an apartment for Giovanni because his son and his new wife did not get along, according to the arrest report. The year-old had lived there alone since March. Father accused of killing son for being gay
A trial began Monday for a Las Vegas father who is accused of killing his year-old son because he was gay. . 
Los Angeles father charged with killing son for being gay
A year-old dad Wendell Melton shot and killed his year-old son Giovanni over his sexual orientation. “Giovanni was abused physically and mentally and spiritually for many, many years,” said Sonja Jones, Giovanni’s former foster mom. Over the phone, Jones spoke of the teen she loved as one of her own”. Jones says she [ ]. .
SoCal father charged with killing son for being gay
A year-old Nevada teen was killed by his father because of his sexual orientation after several years of abuse, the boy’s former foster mother said to KSNV. .