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More than five years after the brutal beating of Yik Oi Huang shook many in San Francisco’s Asian American community, the trial for a suspect charged with the attack — and a string of other violent crimes against Asian Americans — began Monday.
Keonte Gathron, 25, has been in custody since late January 2019, when he was charged in connection with seven attacks, including Huang’s beating, multiple armed robberies, a kidnapping and two carjackings.
He’s facing more than two dozen counts ranging from elder abuse and felony robbery to murder, upgraded from attempted murder after Huang died a year after her attack. If convicted, he could face life in prison…