The News & Observer, Al Drago / AP
Nida Allam, a senior at North Carolina State University, rests her head on Asheen Allam, during a vigil for three people who were killed at a condominium near UNC-Chapel Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Published Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 | 9:10 a.m.
Updated Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 | 10:42 a.m.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Funeral and prayer services have begun for three young adults fatally shot in North Carolina in what police call a parking dispute.
Thursday's funeral services were planned for one of Raleigh's largest mosques, where the families have been longtime members. But, with an expected crowd of several thousand, the service was moved to athletic fields across from the mosque. The fields are owned by North Carolina State University, where two victims had graduated and one was a student.
The service on the field began after midday Muslim prayers. A man facing east sang an opening prayer.
Earlier, the families and some friends viewed the victims' bodies in a small building apart from the mosque.
Twenty-three-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat; his 21-year-old wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha; and her 19-year-old sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were killed Tuesday.
Forty-six-year-old neighbor Craig Stephen Hicks is charged with three first-degree murder counts.
Dalesio reported from Raleigh. Associated Press writers Allen G. Breed in Chapel Hill, Jonathan Drew in Durham and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed.
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