The shooting of a Sikh man outside his home in Kent, Wash., is being investigated as a potential hate crime the second shooting believed to be motivated by hate in two weeks.
Deep Rai, 39, was shot in his driveway Friday night by an unknown masked assailant who allegedly told the victim, “Go back to your own country.” The gunman approached Rai, who was working on his car, and, after a brief altercation, shot him in the arm. Rai was released from the hospital over the weekend. The shooter remains at large.
Rai is an American citizen originally from India.