Man’s ‘unusual fixation’ with Lebanese neighbors led to killing, Tulsa police say

[Rob L 3,811]

Khalid Jabara was worried.

Last year, his mother had been jogging through the familys quiet Tulsa neighborhood when she was nearly killed in a vicious hit-and-run. Police quickly arrested Vernon Majors, who, according to a police report, confessed to the crime and even offered a motive, calling the Jabaras filthy Lebanese.

On May 25 of this year, however, Majors bonded out of jail.

Thats when he returned home right next to the Jabaras.

On Friday, Khalid learned that his next-door neighbor, the man accused of harassing his family and attacking his mother, was now armed.

Khalid called the police stating this man had a gun and that he was scared for what might happen, his sister, Victoria Jabara Williams, wrote on Facebook. The police came and told him there was nothing to be done.

Minutes later, Khalid was talking on the phone with his mother when he stepped outside to get the mail.

Majors was waiting for him, police say.

The 61-year-old opened fire, fatally wounding the 37-year-old Khalid, according to police.

After a bizarre standoff involving bare feet and a six-pack of beer, Majors was arrested. He will be formally charged with first-degree murder as soon as he is released from a hospital later this week, police said in a news release.

This certainly is a tragedy but this is not a whodunit, Tulsa Police Sgt. Dave Walker told The Washington Post, citing one eyewitness account as well as the history of problems between Majors and his Lebanese neighbors.

What is a mystery, at least to the Jabara family, is why Majors was released from jail 10 weeks ago.

My family lived in fear of this man and his hatred for years, Victoria Jabara Williams wrote. Yet in May, not even one year after he ran over our mother and despite our repeated protests, he was released from jail with no conditions on his bond no ankle monitor, no drug/alcohol testing, nothing.

This man was a known danger, she continued. Our brothers death could have been prevented.

https://m.washingtonpost.com/

[Jacque67 7,328]

One of Majors California convictions includes a 2009 felony case for making threats in Los Angeles County, where he was also under a restraining order from another man.

Courts records indicate that Majors was extradited to California in 2013, but he returned to Oklahoma and got married to another man there in 2014.

(LA Times)

[Jacque67 7,328]

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[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Khalid Jabara was worried.

Last year, his mother had been jogging through the familys quiet Tulsa neighborhood when she was nearly killed in a vicious hit-and-run. Police quickly arrested Vernon Majors, who, according to a police report, confessed to the crime and even offered a motive, calling the Jabaras filthy Lebanese.

On May 25 of this year, however, Majors bonded out of jail.

Thats when he returned home right next to the Jabaras.

On Friday, Khalid learned that his next-door neighbor, the man accused of harassing his family and attacking his mother, was now armed.

Khalid called the police stating this man had a gun and that he was scared for what might happen, his sister, Victoria Jabara Williams, wrote on Facebook. The police came and told him there was nothing to be done.

Minutes later, Khalid was talking on the phone with his mother when he stepped outside to get the mail.

Majors was waiting for him, police say.

The 61-year-old opened fire, fatally wounding the 37-year-old Khalid, according to police.

After a bizarre standoff involving bare feet and a six-pack of beer, Majors was arrested. He will be formally charged with first-degree murder as soon as he is released from a hospital later this week, police said in a news release.

This certainly is a tragedy but this is not a whodunit, Tulsa Police Sgt. Dave Walker told The Washington Post, citing one eyewitness account as well as the history of problems between Majors and his Lebanese neighbors.

What is a mystery, at least to the Jabara family, is why Majors was released from jail 10 weeks ago.

My family lived in fear of this man and his hatred for years, Victoria Jabara Williams wrote. Yet in May, not even one year after he ran over our mother and despite our repeated protests, he was released from jail with no conditions on his bond no ankle monitor, no drug/alcohol testing, nothing.

This man was a known danger, she continued. Our brothers death could have been prevented.

https://m.washingtonpost.com/

Convicted felon who is out on bail for attacking his neighbor , with a gun in California, and nothing the police could do huh , BS

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[yuna628 9,528]

Sounds like the stuff that goes on in my neck of the woods. They do horrible things, and they just keep letting them out to do even more horrible things. Vicious deranged murderer, and a hate crime to boot.

[John Miller 761]

On Friday, Khalid learned that his next-door neighbor, the man accused of harassing his family and attacking his mother, was now armed.

Khalid called the police stating this man had a gun and that he was scared for what might happen, his sister, Victoria Jabara Williams, wrote on Facebook. The police came and told him there was nothing to be done.

An unstable convict with a gun and nothing that the police can do. Hell yeah. Murka!

[Rob L 3,811]

I dont understand why the courts have the capacity to chase down folks not paying traffic ticket compound fines, but cannot deal with these situations. We have our priorities wrong.

Edited August 17, 2016 by Rob L