City Human Rights Commissioner Nicole Murray urged an audience at a gay-rights rally (at Liberty Station held Wednesday to celebrate Pride Month in San Diego) to demand answers now to a mysterious homicide at Camp Pendleton. Murray and another gay activist said they have credible information that the killing was a hate crime and that the victim was targeted because he was gay, or perceived to be gay.

The activists said their sources told them that the sailor worked as a guard for Assault Craft Unit 5 at Camp Pendleton. That unit operates the military hovercrafts stationed at Pendleton. The sources also said the victim was shot and burned.