White man ‘fatally stabs black bar patron in the neck’

A 24-year-old white man from Pittsburgh has been charged with stabbing to death a black man Sunday, just hours after police say he posted a video on Instagram showing him repeatedly saying the N-word as part of a ‘game’.

Joden Rocco, of North Hills, was arrested on homicide and weapons charges in the killing of Dulane Cameron Jr, also aged 24, at 2am on Sunday outside a bar called Tequilla Cowboy near Heinz Field.

After the attack, a shirtless Rocco flagged down a police car and asked the officers for a ride home. Instead, police took the murder suspect into custody.

Dulane Cameron Jr

Slaughtered: Joden Rocco (left), 24, has been charged with homicide for allegedly stabbing to death Dulane Cameron Jr (right), also 24, in Pittsburgh

Police say a shirtless Rocco had been turned away from the Tequila Cowboy bar on Sunday morning, just minutes before he encountered Cameron and his friend 

Police say a shirtless Rocco had been turned away from the Tequila Cowboy bar on Sunday morning, just minutes before he encountered Cameron and his friend 

According to investigators, a few hours before the attack, Rocco uploaded a 16-second video onto his social media account, in which he said he was ‘playing a game’ that involved visiting bars and seeing how many times he could say the N-word before being thrown out.

A criminal complaint says that shortly before 2am, a shirtless Rocco was turned away from Tequila Cowboy.

He then walked along North Shore Drive towards PNC Park, where he crossed paths with Cameron and his friend, who is also African-American.

Surveillance video showed Rocco fidgeting and appearing ‘very aggressive’, according to the complaint.

The 24-year-old then allegedly attacked the two black men without any provocation and plunged a knife into Cameron’s neck, inflicting a fatal wound.

A few hours before the attack, Rocco uploaded this video

He said he was 'playing a game' that involved visiting bars and seeing how many times he could say the N-word before being thrown out

A few hours before the attack, Rocco uploaded this video in which he said he was ‘playing a game’ that involved visiting bars and seeing how many times he could say the N-word before being thrown out

Cameron was stabbed in the neck in front of his childhood friend and died at the scene  

Cameron was stabbed in the neck in front of his childhood friend and died at the scene  

Activists with the group Partners in Justice have since unearthed Facebook posts on Rocco’s account espousing racist views, reported the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.

An online petition has been launched on Change.org demanding that Cameron’s killing be prosecuted as a hate crime.

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Jr’s office said they are aware of Rocco’s posts and are looking into them as part of the homicide investigation.

Several people who knew Rocco from his time as a student at North Hills High School told Channel 11 he was outspoken about his white supremacist beliefs even then.

The victim’s father, Dulane Cameron Sr, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he is not interested in retribution and has already forgiven Rocco.

People who knew Rocco (pictured center) in high school said he was outspoken about his white supremacist beliefs even then

People who knew Rocco (pictured center) in high school said he was outspoken about his white supremacist beliefs even then

‘As Jesus, humble on the cross, said, “Father forgive them; they know not what they do.” And I’m feeling the same way,’ he said.

The elder Cameron said he believes that the 24-year-old white man was driven by a ‘demonic’ spirit, but he does not hold his violent actions against him.

‘My heart goes out to that man and it goes out to his family for what he has to face,’ he added, referring to Rocco. 

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