A young man was accused of shooting Jews in a shooting in Los Angeles on anti-Semitic grounds.
Federal Prosecutor Martin Estrada and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
February 18, 2023 (Reuters)
Jamie Tran, a 29-year-old American, was accused today (Saturday) of shooting two Jews in two different areas in the Pico Robertson neighborhood in Los Angeles in the United States.
He was arrested last Thursday in Cathedral City, about a hundred miles east of the city, after a witness reported another use of a weapon.
The two Jews who were shot, one was wounded in the back and the other in the arm and their lives were not in danger.
According to the indictment, Tran confessed to the act, saying that he shot the two men whom he identified as Jews by their clothing.
Also in the indictment, it emerged that in order to find a Jewish neighborhood, Tran located locations of businesses that sell kosher foods.
Also, this was not the first time that Tran was identified with anti-Semitism, and the young man has a long history of making anti-Jewish statements and even sending graphic anti-Semitic emails to students who studied with him at dental school in the past.
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"Our Jewish community was threatened and this terror was shared all over the city."
The news conference in Los Angeles (Photo: Reuters)
"This week, the Pico Robertson community where I grew up was threatened," Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said at a press conference on Friday.
"Our Jewish community was threatened and this terror was shared all over Los Angeles."
The Los Angeles Police Department said it has increased patrols in Jewish neighborhoods and will continue to maintain an increased presence in the coming days.
Pico Robertson is a neighborhood in West Los Angeles that has a large Jewish population with kosher delis, small synagogues and several private Jewish schools.
The Los Angeles area is home to the second largest Jewish community in the United States, after the New York area.
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