article_snippet.sent: Relatives have said victim Ron Lane was gay, CNN affiliate WNCN reported, and investigators are looking into whether the shooting was a hate crime.
article_snippet.sent: In an interview with CNN affiliate WRAL, Kenneth Morgan Stancil described sir as a neo-Nazi and said sir hates gay people "with a passion.
article_snippet.sent: During an interview with CNN affiliate WRAL, and during a court appearance in Florida on Tuesday, Kenneth Morgan Stancil said Lane deserved to die, accusing Kenneth Morgan Stancil of being a child molester who'd made advances in online messages to Kenneth Morgan Stancil's 16-year-old brother.
article_snippet.sent: Lane's family has described those accusations as untrue and slanderous.
article_snippet.sent: His cousin, Steve Smith, told WRAL that Lane never made sexual advances toward children or anyone with whom His worked.