According to a court affidavit, 28-year-old Jamie Tran of Riverside has been charged in federal court with hate crimes. Tran allegedly admitted to investigators that he shot the two victims.
Federal charges are expected to be filed against the suspect accused of shooting two Jewish men who were leaving synagogues in the Pico-Robertson section of Los Angeles.A 28-year-old man suspected of shooting two Jewish men after they left synagogues in the Pico-Robertson district less than 24 hours apart was charged Friday with two federal hate crime counts.
Tran was arrested Thursday evening in Riverside County and evidence was seized that included a rifle and handgun. The other happened Thursday morning a block away at the intersection of Pickford and Bedford streets. A Jewish man in his 70s was shot at by a suspect from inside a vehicle. "There's no way this is a coincidence," said local resident Shiva Mehrannia. "In a very Jewish neighborhood, both men leaving synagogues, possibly with a kippah on their head. I mean, you do the math. I think it's pretty clear."
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