A man who shot two Jewish men after they left synagogues in the Pico-Robertson district last year was sentenced Monday to 35 years in federal prison.
Jaime Tran, 30, pleaded guilty in June to all charges against him, which included two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
"Vile acts of antisemitic hatred endanger the safety of individuals and entire communities, and allowing such crimes to go unchecked endangers the foundation of our democracy itself. As millions of Jewish Americans prepare to observe the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Justice Department reaffirms its commitment to aggressively confronting, disrupting and prosecuting criminal acts motivated by antisemitism, or by hatred of any kind.
The man accused of shooting two Jewish men in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles was"on the radar" of the FBI due to"hate-fueled" remarks before the attacks, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said. Tran had a history of making antisemitic remarks going back to 2018 when he made "hate-filled statements" about other students while he was in dental school, according to the press release.
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