{"id":147058,"date":"2023-02-17T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=147058"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:37:44","slug":"jj-pico-shooting-suspect-has-a-history-of-antisemitism-according-to-federal-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=147058","title":{"rendered":"JJ: Pico Shooting Suspect Has a \u201cHistory of Antisemitism,\u201d according to Federal Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgF97mXJV38\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles:<\/p>\n<p>A federal complaint was released on February 17 detailing federal charges against Jaime Tran, 28, who is suspected of being behind both shootings in the Pico-Robertson area on February 15 and 16.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint, filed by Special Agent Cody Bescript, alleges that Tran \u201cintentionally shot Victim-1 at close range as Victim-1 was leaving religious services at a synagogue in Los Angeles, California. Victim-1 was dressed in a manner that visibly identified his Jewish faith, specifically, a black jacket and a head covering. Victim-1 survived, but sustained a gunshot wound to the lower back.<\/p>\n<p>On the next day, according to the complaint, Tran \u201cintentionally shot Victim-2 at close range as Victim-2 was leaving religious services at another synagogue, just one block from where TRAN shot Victim-1 the day before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Victim-1, Victim-2 was dressed in clothing that visibly identified his Jewish faith, again a black jacket and a head covering. Victim-2 survived, but sustained a gunshot wound to the bicep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tran has admitted to the shootings in a recorded interview, adding that he searched Yelp for a kosher supermarket. Once he found the market, he chose his victims based on their \u201chead gear.\u201d He also said he was homeless and had been living out of his car for the past 12-14 months; he obtained the guns from an unknown person in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Tran has a history of antisemitism, the complaint alleges, citing an instance in which a former classmate of Tran\u2019s, simply known as M.N.H., received multiple antisemitic phone calls and texts from Tran from August-November 2022. Tran had been expelled from dental school in 2018. Some of the antisemitic text messages from Tran highlighted in the complaint include:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cF&#8211;king Jew. Piece of shit Jew. F&#8212; YOU JEW. JEWBAG JEWBAGEL JEW.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cSomeone is going to kill you, Jew. Someone is going to kill you, Jew. Someone is going to kill you, Jew. Someone is going to kill you, Jew.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cF&#8212;ing b&#8212;- Jew. Your mom is a slutty whore, your sister is a man, and your dad sucks dick for a living. Burn in an oven chamber you b&#8212;- Jew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last text included a picture of a gas chamber, per the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Tran sent multiple emails to former classmates blaming vaccine mandates and lockdowns on \u201cIranian Jews\u201d and referred to \u201cPersian Jews\u201d as being \u201cprimitive\u201d and \u201cnarrow minded\u201d who \u201cscrap nickel and dimes\u201d and \u201cnever donate to any charities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Tran sent multiple emails to former classmates toward the end of 2022 blaming COVID-19 vaccine mandates and lockdowns on \u201cIranian Jews\u201d and referred to \u201cPersian Jews\u201d as being \u201cprimitive\u201d and \u201cnarrow minded\u201d who \u201cscrap nickel and dimes\u201d and \u201cnever donate to any charities.\u201d \u201cGoing forward, I hope you all spread the word to your loved ones about the origins of COVID,\u201d he wrote in one email. \u201cI tagged the Iranian Jew, such as [M.N.H.], and his associates in this email so you could ask them about it. I also hope they quit putting tabs on me to the Jewish community and creeping on all of my socials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another email Tran accused the \u201cPersian\/Iranian Jew of the Class of 2020\u201d of fabricating COVID-19 and basing it on an \u201canesthesia incident that I had with\u201d a couple of former classmates. He also sent a picture of a flyer stating, \u201cEVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THE COVID AGENDA IS JEWISH.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles: A federal complaint was released on February 17 detailing federal charges against Jaime Tran, 28, who is suspected of being behind both shootings in the Pico-Robertson area on February 15 and 16. 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