Suspect in Koreatown Salon Attack Had ‘Delusions’ About Asian People, Girlfriend Says
A man accused of shooting three Korean women last week at a Dallas hair salon was paranoid that the “Asian mob” was after him and had been fired from his job for “verbally attacking” his Asian boss, his girlfriend reportedly told investigators.
Jeremy Theron Smith, 37, was arrested early Tuesday morning and booked into the Dallas County Jail on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to detention records. He is being held without bond, and does not have a lawyer listed in official filings. Smith is accused of entering the Hair World Salon in Dallas’ Koreatown neighborhood on May 11 and shooting two employees and a customer with a .22 caliber rifle. All three of the victims were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police at first said they did not think the incident had been a hate crime, but quickly reversed course after further investigation.
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