--- title: Los Angeles Man Charged With Killing Son for Being Gay description: A Los Angeles man has been charged with murdering his son for being gay, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Friday. canonical: https://time.com/4279861/los-angeles-man-charged-with-killing-son-for-being-gay/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-02T14:38:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:25:03.673Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Los Angeles Man Charged With Killing Son for Being Gay og:description: Prosecutors say the killing was motivated by 'the victim's sexual orientation' og:url: https://time.com/4279861/los-angeles-man-charged-with-killing-son-for-being-gay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Los Angeles Man Charged With Killing Son for Being Gay twitter:description: Prosecutors say the killing was motivated by 'the victim's sexual orientation' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Los Angeles Man Charged With Killing Son for Being Gay by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 2, 2016 2:38 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 2, 2016 2:38 PM CUT A Los Angeles man has been charged with murdering his son for being gay, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Shehada Khalil Issa, 69, was arrested Tuesday after police responding to 911 calls at the family’s home discovered the body of Issa’s wife and his 29-year-old son, Amir Issa. The felony complaint includes a special allegation that Issa “personally and intentionally” shot his son “because of his sexual orientation.” It is “alleged that the murder was committed because of the victim’s sexual orientation and because of the defendant’s perception of that status and the victims’ association with a person. . . [_Read the rest of the article from our partners on NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los-angeles-man-charged-killing-son-allegedly-being-gay-n549576?cid=par-time%5F20160402 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4279861/los-angeles-man-charged-with-killing-son-for-being-gay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4279861/los-angeles-man-charged-with-killing-son-for-being-gay/"},"headline":"Los Angeles Man Charged With Killing Son for Being Gay","datePublished":"2016-04-02T14:38:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:25:03.673Z","description":"Prosecutors say the killing was motivated by 'the victim's sexual orientation'","url":"https://time.com/4279861/los-angeles-man-charged-with-killing-son-for-being-gay/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4279861/los-angeles-man-charged-with-killing-son-for-being-gay/","name":"Los Angeles Man Charged With Killing Son for Being Gay"}}]}] ```