Sister: Brother’s shooter ‘sick’

The sister of a man fatally shot by his roommate said Wednesday that she believed her brother was staying with his friend – who federal investigators said was an avowed neo-Nazi – because her brother needed an inexpensive place to sleep in Florida while he was looking for work, not because he shared his views.

Alyssa Himmelman is the sister of Jeremy Himmelman, 22, whose body was found alongside Andrew Oneschuk, 18, on Friday in a Tampa apartment.

Devon Arthurs, 18, confessed to the slayings and investigators said he claimed the two victims were neo-Nazis who had disparaged his newfound Islamic faith. Arthurs told police he had once shared their racist views before converting to Islam. He faces two first-degree murder and other charges.