By Irene Plagianos MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT — The man charged with gunning down a gay man in Greenwich Village last month allegedly told police he shot the victim because he was “acting tough.” “I killed him. He was trying to act tough so I shot him,” Elliot Morales, the accused murderer of 32-year-old Mark Carson, told officers in police statements released Tuesday. Morales, indicted on charges of second degree murder as a hate crime, as well as criminal possession of a weapon and menacing, pleaded not guilty Tuesday during an appearance in Manhattan Supreme Court. Wearing a white T-shirt, Morales sat quietly through the brief Supreme Court arraignment, only speaking to enter his plea....
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