FBI helps investigate Sikh’s shooting near Seattle
The FBI will help investigate the shooting of a Sikh man who said a gunman approached him as he worked on his car in his suburban Seattle driveway and told him “go back to your own country,” authorities said Sunday.
Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas said no arrests have been made after the victim was shot in the arm Friday night about 20 miles south of Seattle but that he did not believe anyone was in imminent danger.
India’s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, identified the victim on Twitter early Sunday, saying, “I am sorry to know about the attack on Deep Rai, a U.S. national of Indian origin.”
The Sikh Coalition, a national civil rights group, asked local and federal authorities to investigate the shooting as a hate crime.