Sister of possible hate crime murder victim in Oklahoma calls him a hero, mourns country's 'awful' violence

The sister of a man who was slain in a suspected hate crime last month says her brother was a hero and says she's "terrified" for her children to be in public places.

On April 18, Carlton Gilford, a homeless man, allegedly shot Jada's brother Lundin Hathcock, 35, in the head while he was seated at a computer in a Tulsa library. He then went to a nearby QuikTrip convenience store and shot 55-year-old James McDaniel. Hathcock was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, while McDaniel died at the scene.

Gilford is Black and the victims were White, and the case is being treated as a possibly racially motivated hate crime. He reportedly admitted to the shootings to police and was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill, and one count of malicious intimidation or harassment.