The Brief
- Edwin Salvator Gonzalez was beaten with a crowbar outside a laundromat in Bladensburg, Maryland.
- Gonzalez, a Vietnam War veteran, says he believes he was targeted because he is Latino, and that the attack was a hate crime.
- The suspect, Kelachi Amadi, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and malicious wounding.
LORTON, Va. – A Vietnam War veteran is speaking out just days after he was beaten with a crowbar at a Maryland laundromat. He spoke exclusively with FOX 5 about why he believes the attack was a hate crime.
Vietnam veteran attacked with crowbar
What we know:
Edwin Salvatore Gonzalez was released from the hospital this week, just days after the brutal attack in Bladensburg. He’s now staying with family.
Gonzalez believes he was targeted because he’s Latino. Even so, he says this is not the first time the suspect, whom Bladensburg police have identified as Kelachi Amadi, has assaulted someone. This time, Amadi has been charged with attempted second-degree murder.…