DALLAS — A suspect has been arrested in reference to a capturing that wounded three girls in a hair salon within the metropolis’s Koreatown that authorities have stated might need been a hate crime, police stated early Tuesday.
The suspect was being interviewed and processed, the Dallas Police Division stated, and Chief Eddie Garcia was anticipated to launch extra details about the arrest later within the day.
Garcia stated final week that final Wednesday’s capturing at Hair World Salon may very well be related to 2 different shootings at companies run by Asian People.
The Dallas capturing occurred a number of days earlier than a white gunman killed 10 Black folks Saturday at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store and a gunman authorities stated was motivated by political hatred in opposition to Taiwan killed one individual and wounded 5 Sunday at a southern California church the place principally aged Taiwanese parishioners had gathered.
Authorities have stated a person dressed all in black opened fireplace on the salon, then drove off in a maroon minivan. Garcia stated investigators discovered {that a} related car was reported to be concerned in two different current shootings, together with an April 2 drive-by within the space the place the salon is positioned. Nobody was injured in both of these shootings.
Garcia stated the car was additionally linked to a drive-by capturing on Could 10 about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of the buying heart the place Wednesday’s capturing occurred.
The three girls who have been shot on the salon have been taken to a hospital with accidents that weren’t life-threatening.
Jane Bae, the daughter of one of many wounded girls, advised The Related Press final week that her mom advised her that the person, who she didn’t acknowledge, calmly walked in, opened fireplace after which left.
“He was calm. He simply walked as much as it after which stood there — didn’t stroll round — however stood there and shot like 20 photographs after which simply calmly went out,” stated Bae, who wasn’t there however had spoken together with her mom.
The salon is within the coronary heart of Koreatown, which is in part of town that was remodeled within the Eighties from an industrial space to a thriving district with buying, eating, markets, medical places of work and salons.
Anti-Asian violence has risen sharply lately. Final yr, six girls of Asian descent have been among the many eight killed in a capturing at therapeutic massage companies in and close to Atlanta, heightening anger and worry amongst Asian People.
