Authorities said the man yelled at the family to “Get out of America!” during the attack.
announced that Jose Gomez III, 21, of Midland, Texas, was sentenced on hate crime charges for attacking an Asian family he believed was Chinese and therefore responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.Officials said according to the facts admitted in the plea, on March 14, 2020, Gomez entered a Sam’s Club Warehouse in Midland behind an Asian family with young children. Gomez had never seen them before and believed they were Chinese.
The Justice Department reported Gomez bent the blade of the knife and returned to the family and punched the father in the face, cutting him. Gomez then left to retrieve another knife from the store. When Gomez returned, he abruptly turned towards the family’s two young children – then aged 6 and 2 years old – who were seated in the front basket of the shopping cart. Gomez slashed the 6-year-old child’s face and right ear.
The Justice Department reported that Gomez admitted he believed the family was Chinese and that he blamed them for the COVID-19 pandemic. Gomez further admitted he had attempted to kill the 6-year-old child. The 21-year-old also admitted he had attacked the store employee because he wanted to kill the 6-year-old child and the worker was preventing him from doing so.
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