Khalid Jabara
Khalid Jabara
Khalid Jabara was a 37 year-old resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His mother is Haifa Jabara. He was an uncle to his sister Victoria Jabara Williams's children.
Murder by Stanley Vernon Majors
On August 12 Pulse Orlando Shooting (2016) Khalid Jabara was fatally shot by his neighbor Stanley Vernon Majors while he was on his front porch. Stanley had racially harassed the family for years and assaulted Khalid's mother Haifa Jabara by hitting her with his car in September, 2015. Stanley both racially and sexually harassed Haifa. [2]
Khalid Jabara was shot in the 9300 block of South 85th East Avenue and died shortly after being taken to Saint Francis Hospital.
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Tulsa Police found Stanley hiding behind a tree at the nearby Hardesty Library, 8316 E. 93rd St., and he is now held without bail at Tulsa Jail on first-degree murder and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. [3]
Police said that Khalid Jabara had called them to say he was scared Stanley would hurt the family just eight minutes before the shooting. [3]
Police had responded more than an hour before saying that when the family had complained the man next door had a protective order against them, was a felon and may have had a gun, According to the police Stanley was not doing anything to warrant a search of his home. [3]
Tulsa Police Homicide Sgt. Dave Walker and Assistant District Attorney John David Luton said Monday that it’s too early in the investigation to say whether Majors will be charged with a hate crime.
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The family however believe the crime was a clear hate crime.
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In a statement the family had wrote:
“This suspect had a history of bigotry against our family,” the statement says.
“He repeatedly attacked our ethnicity and perceived religion, making racist comments.
He often called us ‘dirty Arabs,’ ‘filthy Lebanese,’ ‘Aye-rabs,’ and ‘Mooslems’ — a fact highlighted by the Tulsa Police Department who also heard these comments from the suspect.”
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In 2013 FZ27 Haifa, was granted a protective order against Stephen after telling a Tulsa County judge that he had harassed her and “is very racist towards foreigners and blacks.” Her son was also granted a similar protective order. [3]
Stanley was prohibited from going near Haifa or her home or possessing firearms for the next five years. However, within three years, he is accused of fatally shooting her son, Khalid Jabara, at the family’s south Tulsa home.
At the time of the shooting Stanley was out on bail from when he assaulted Haifa in September, 2015.
He had been released after making his bond of $60,000 although prosecutors had pushed for him to be denied bail.
The attack had left Haifa with a broken shoulder and other injuries.
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For the attack Stanley was charged with misdemeanor counts of violating the protective order and obstructing an officer, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of a collision involving injury, violating a protective order and public intoxication since he refused to stop drinking beer while being arrested. [3]
In March, a civil lawsuit stemming from the collision was filed against Majors in Tulsa County District Court.
The suit, filed by plaintiffs Haifa Jabara and Mounah Jabara, is still pending and seeks actual and punitive damages totaling $600,000.
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Stanley was convicted in 2009 of threatening a crime with intent to terrorize in Los Angeles, California and was sentenced to 16 months in prison, records show. [3]