Hate Crime Probe Opened After Two Killed Outside Tucson Gay Bar by Suspect with a List of LGBTQ Businesses, Police Say
Police say 44-year-old Ousman Ceesay had a list of LGBTQIA+ businesses and intended to cause more harm, prompting a hate-crime probe.
- On Monday at 12:30 a.m., Ousman Ceesay fatally shot Vincent Anthony Siqueiros and Cameron Davis Capara in the parking lot of Venture-N on North Sixth Avenue in Tucson, before dying at a hospital.
- Tucson Police Department investigators are probing the shooting as a hate crime after finding a note in Ceesay's possession listing addresses for multiple LGBTQ-associated businesses, indicating intent to cause further harm.
- Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva called the attack a "targeted act of hate," while Drew Fellows remembered Capara as a "revolutionary" photographer passionate about his craft and other people.
- The Tucson Police Department has increased patrols around LGBTQ-associated establishments, while Pima County Attorney Laura Conover stated, "No one should fear being targeted simply because of who they are and where they gather."
- Queerstory President Randy Pease noted that hate crimes have risen in recent years as some elected leaders push anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, emphasizing that "Queer spaces are where people build chosen family, celebrate, gather and belong.
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Tucson Gay Bar Shooting Sparks Hate Crime Probe
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Hate Crimes News TUCSON, AZ — (September 1, 2026) — A deadly shooting outside a longtime Tucson gay bar has triggered a hate crime investigation after police discovered that the suspected gunman was carrying a note identifying several LGBTQIA+-associated businesses. The violence unfolded shortly after midnight Monday [...] The post Tucson Gay Bar Shooting Sparks Hate Crime Probe After Suspect Found…
Police Believe Tucson Murders Were Hate Crime
A shooting outside a longtime Tucson gay bar is being investigated as a hate-motivated double murder-suicide, police say. Tucson police report that 44-year-old Ousman Ceesay arrived at Venture-N Bar early Monday, where he argued in the parking lot with patrons Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42, and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, KOLD...
Two men killed outside Arizona gay bar in suspected hate crime
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Hate crime probe opened after two killed outside Tucson gay bar by suspect with a list of LGBTQ businesses, police say
Police have launched a hate crime investigation after a deadly shooting early Monday morning in the parking lot of a gay bar near downtown Tucson.
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