And sister Razan Abu Salha all shot execution style with a bullet the head. Later that night, this man 40yearold chris hicks turned himself into police who was charged with the murders. What triggered the murders . Police say it was over a parking spot. It has nothing to do with the mundane frustration of a man day in, day out with this man not being able to park where he wanted to park. But the father of the murdered children said that it was a hate crime. I feel that he would not have acted this way if they were not clearly muslim. Reporter a family spokeswoman called for a in investigation. We ask that the authorities investigate these senseless and heinous murders as a hate crime. Reporter but hicks says he s is an atheist, and when it comes to religious insults, your religion started this and not me. P you kept your big mouth shut so would i. We cannot independently confirm the posts on the facebook page. His wife expressed shock at the senseless killings but she said it is not a