A man charged with the hate-motivated shootings of two Jewish men in Los Angeles was on the FBI’s radar before the attacks, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said
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“He was on the radar, if you will, of our FBI partners in what we call a ‘Guardian lead’ because of hate-fueled remarks or emails that he was sending to former classmates of a dental school which he was attending,” Moore said. Investigators believe the weapons were acquired outside of California, the chief said. Tran told investigators that he got the guns in Arizona.
“While this is an ongoing investigation and prosecution, the Chief is correct that Guardian leads were generated, shared with the appropriate partners and investigated. The leads did not result in federal charges,” Laura Eimiller, a spokesperson for the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said in a statement. “The information generated did assist law enforcement in apprehending Mr. Tran within hours of the attacks and, potentially, stopping further acts of violence.
Tran told investigators after his arrest that he had searched on Yelp for a kosher market to target Jewish people in the first shooting near Shenandoah and Cashio streets in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. The victim, in his 40s, was shot in the back while walking to his vehicle on Feb. 15. Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook told The Times that Tran made some of the threats to an individual in Connecticut and that Southern California law enforcement officials reached out to agencies there.The suspect arrested in connection two shootings has a history of making antisemitic statements, federal prosecutors said in filing hate crime charges against the man.
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