( CNN ) A grand jury has indicted the man accused of killing three Muslim students in Chapel Hill , North Carolina . Craig Hicks , 46 , was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder , according to the Durham County Clerk 's office . He was also charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling . Police said `` an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking '' might have been a factor in last week 's shootings but also said they were n't dismissing the possibility of a hate crime . On what is believed to be Hicks ' Facebook page , numerous posts rail against religion . The victims ' family members have called on authorities to investigate the slayings as a hate crime . The FBI is looking into that possibility . Hicks is expected to make his first appearance after the grand jury indictment in Superior Court the first week of March . When is a crime a 'hate crime ' ?
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