Prosecutors call California shooting hate crime
Classmates say victim sometimes wore makeup, femine attire

OXNARD, Calif.- Prosecutors on Thursday(last week) a 14 year old boy w/ attempted murder and said he committed a hate crime in the classroom shooting of an 8th grader who was declared brain dead

Prosecutors would not say why they filed a hate-crime enhancement w/ attempted murder count, but several classmates said the 15 yer=ar old victim,Lawrence King, sometime wore makeup high heels and other feminine attire

Prosecutors want the suspect tried as adult and expect to upgrade the charges after King is taken off a ventilator for organ donation.

"It is inevitable that this is going to become a murder case," Ventura Country prosecutor Maeve Fox said.

King was shot in the head Tuesday morning during a class at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard,police said. More than 20 other students were in the room at the time

Fox said she could not discuss thefacts behind the allegation of a hate crime because those details of the case have not been publicly disclosed. Oxnard police have not specified a mptive but said there appeared to be a personal dispute between the two

King sometimes came to the school wearing make up and high heels, 8th grader Nicholas Cortez, 14, told The Associated Press

Another 8th grader, Micheal Sweeny, said King's appearance was "freaking the guys out,"The La Time reported Thursday. (last week)