Chapel Hill Shooting: Man Arrested for Killing Three Young Muslims, Motive Not Entirely Clear, Authorities Say (PHOTOS)

A Chapel Hill, N.C., man has been arrested after fatally shooting three people at a condominium in Meadowmont, east of the University of North Carolina campus.

Craig Stephen Hicks is being held at the Durham County jail facing three counts of first-degree murder, according to AP via Huffington Post. Hicks handed himself over to police, according to The Independent.

The investigation is ongoing.

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