UPDATE: The driver who police say intentionally drove a car into pedestrians in California this week targeted his victims because he believed they were Muslim, police said Friday.
in California this week targeted his victims because he believed some of them were Muslim, police said Friday.that the suspect, Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34,"intentionally targeted the victims based on their race and his belief that they were of the Muslim Faith."
Peoples was arrested at the scene, and officials said it appeared he was waiting for police to arrive. "However, as the chief said, there is very appalling and disturbing evidence that at least one or two of these victims were targeted based on the defendant's view of what their race or religion may have been," Boyarsky said.
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