Texas man admits to trying to kill Asian father and his children over COVID-19, FBI says


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A Texas man pleaded guilty to attacking an Asian family who he thought was responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Justice said. Jose Gomez III, 21, of Midland, was charged with three counts of committing a hate crime. On March 14, 2020, Gomez entered a Midland Samu2019s Club Warehouse behind an Asian man with his young children and followed them around the store for several minutes because he believed they were a u201cthreat,u201d the DOJ said. Gomez had never met the family and thought they were Chinese, though they were of Burmese descent. He stopped following the family...