On February 10 , 2015 , Deah Shaddy Barakat , Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha , and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were killed Killing in their home in Finley Forest Condominiums on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill , North Carolina , United States .

Barakat was a second-year student in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry , his wife Yusor was a North Carolina State University ( NCSU ) graduate planning Arranging to enter Becoming_a_member UNC Dentistry School in the fall , and her sister Razan was a student at NCSU majoring Participation in architecture and environmental design .

Their neighbor , Craig Stephen Hicks , accused Judgment_communication of killing Killing the three people in a single attack Attack , turned Motion himself in to Chapel Hill police later that day and was arrested Arrest .

On February 10 , the Chapel Hill Police Department stated Statement that their `` preliminary investigation Criminal_investigation indicates that the crime was motivated Causation by an ongoing neighbor dispute Quarreling over parking .

It is commemorated Social_event by a 40-foot ( 12 m ) high memorial on the battlefield near the town of Inverurie , supposedly by the church at Chapel of Garioch , and by ballads and music .