A northern Virginia man charged with attacking two staffers for Rep. Gerry Connolly with a baseball bat is also being charged with a hate crime against another woman less than an hour earlier
In this image taken through an office window, a law enforcement officer surveys the office of Rep. Gerry Connelly, D-Va., in Fairfax, Va., Monday, May 15, 2023, after police say a man wielding a baseball bat attacked two staffers for Connolly on Monday morning. Fairfax City Police in northern Virginia said in a tweet that a suspect is in custody and the victims are being treated for injuries that are not life-threatening. FAIRFAX, Va.
Police say Pham approached a woman parked in her car Monday morning, asked if she was white, and then hit her windshield with a baseball bat. A video recorded on a neighbor’s home camera system shows a man with a bat chasing a woman who can be heard screaming.Pham's father, Hy Pham, told The Washington Post his son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and has dealt with mental illness since his late teens.
Connolly said his staffers — an intern was struck in the side and an outreach director was hit on the head — were released after hospital treatment. “At this time, it is not clear what the suspect’s motivation may have been,” Capitol Police and Fairfax City Police said in announcing a joint investigation.
Last year, Pham assaulted responding officers and tried to take a firearm after calling dispatch saying he wished to harm others, Fairfax County Police said in a statement. It said the officers sustained minor injuries.
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