article_snippet.sent: Police said "an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking" might have been a factor in the shootings but also said Police weren't dismissing the possibility of a hate crime.
article_snippet.sent: the victims' family members have called on authorities to investigate the slayings as a hate crime.
article_snippet.sent: The U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement in February saying the department's Civil Rights Division, along with the the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of North Carolina and the FBI, have opened "a parallel preliminary inquiry" to determine whether any federal laws, including hate crime laws, were violated.
highlights_snippet.sent: Victims' family members have called on authorities to investigate the slayings as a hate crime .