I am not a Muslim but I am human.

I am heartbroken. My heart mourns the deaths of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah Shaddy Barakat and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha.

Reports say a neighbor, which I am not going to name because I don’t think he deserves to be named, killed the three students “over a parking dispute.”

A parking spot. One single parking spot.

I didn’t know who they were but I can say that I’ve shed some tears thinking about them, their families and their friends.

Where is the love in the U.S.? Did it go on vacation with no return ticket? In recent months there have been too many deaths, too many crimes committed because of hate.

I am tired of feeling that the next person a white male will shoot is me. And yes, I am afraid of that. Because now we just kill what we don’t like. We kill what we don’t understand.

As I think about the crime it becomes harder to breathe. It becomes harder to resist my impulse to hate, the impulse to become intolerant. My mom taught me to not tolerate injustices, but to love everyone.

Oh boy, it’s so hard these days to not let hate overcome love.

I just think of my friends, my diverse friends, my non-white friends. I just think of the minority employees in The State News I represent as the minority staff representative could go through this — that one morning I will see them and some hours later they will be shot to death “over a parking dispute.”

Love is stronger than anything, but when hate keeps killing people, innocent people, it is hard to keep calm. However, my heart is out to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill community. Thanks for showing us that love is better than hate, that it is easier to love than it is to hate.

Love is stronger. Love is better. Love is easier. Love will come back.

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán is a reporter and the minority staff representative at The State News.