An alleged white
supremacist has been charged with murdering an
Oklahoma gay man in what officials say may have been
part of a gang initiation.
An alleged white
supremacist has been charged with murdering an
Oklahoma gay man in what officials say may have been
part of a gang initiation.
Darrell Lynn
Madden was charged on Wednesday with the October slaying of
Steven Domer, 62, of Edmond. Madden also is charged
with murder in the death of his own friend,
Bradley Qualls.
Authorities
allege Madden, 37, and Qualls, 26, were connected to the
white supremacist group United Aryan Brotherhood. According
to an affidavit filed with the latest charge, Domer's
death apparently was meant to be the violent act that
earned a place in the gang for Qualls.
Domer, who
friends said was gay, was last seen October 26 near a car
wash, according to court papers. A witness said Domer had
been talking to two men who matched the description of
Madden and Qualls.
Domer's car was
found the next day near Madden's home, according to an
affidavit from Oklahoma City police detective Kenneth
Whitebird. Madden's roommate told police he heard
Madden and another man describing an encounter with
someone who ''wouldn't even fight back,'' while a woman
Madden had dated said she overheard him and Qualls talk
about killing a man.
Madden will not
face a hate-crime charge because sexual orientation is
not covered under Oklahoma law, prosecutors said.
Qualls died about
10 days after Domer's disappearance. Police have said
the motive appears to concern a disagreement.
District attorney
offices in Carter and Oklahoma counties, where Madden
is charged with murder, said there is no attorney of record
for Madden yet.
On Monday,
Madden, 37, received new charges after he allegedly threw a
remote control, hot soup, a bottle of urine, and other items
at police officers assigned to guard his hospital room
in Oklahoma City. He was taken to the hospital to be
treated for a gunshot wound to his arm after he was
shot by Ardmore, Okla., police earlier this month. (AP)
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