"This premeditated and coldblooded homicide is outrageous on many levels, not least because the alleged motive was hatred towards new arrivals to our city," Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement.
On July 18, Mitchell allegedly started yelling and ripping off tarps at the encampment, prosecutors said. Rodriguez Marcano confronted him and they argued, according to authorities.
Three days later, Gonzalez said Mitchell returned to the park and shot Rodriguez Marcano, they said.
Mitchell pleaded not guilty during a court appearance on Wednesday. He is charged in the indictment with second-degree murder as a hate crime, second-degree murder, illegal possession of a weapon, menacing as a hate crime and menacing.
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