Attack on Jewish family's Redlands home under investigation as a possible hate crime
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Police are investigating a possible hate crime after someone driving past a Jewish family’s home in Redlands fired several shots and yelled antisemitic slurs, police said.The attack on the home, which had been decorated with inflatable animals, dreidels and menorahs for Hanukkah, was captured on surveillance video.
Police believe an airsoft handgun was used in the attack.“Unfortunately, Redlands is not immune to these hateful acts, as a local family was targeted because of their festive home decorations celebrating Hanukkah,” the Redlands Police Department said in a statement.The incident occurred Friday on the 1300 block of Magnolia Avenue after the family had arrived home that evening, the statement read.
On Monday, a spokesperson for the Police Department said that no suspects have been arrested or identified and that the investigation continues.Rodgir Cohen, a professor of political science, religion and psychology, said he and his family had just returned from Shabbat dinner.
The family had walked inside their home, but he and his son were headed back to the car after realizing he’d left his cellphone at the restaurant.That’s when, Cohen said, his son saw two women and a man near a car, who yelled, “Free Palestine,” and used the N-word toward him.
One of the women told the man, who appeared to be in his late 20s or early 30s, to get inside the car.Cohen said he and his son got in their car and drove away.“We kind of just dismissed it,” he said.
Minutes later, Cohen said, his wife called and said she’d heard “a lot of noise outside.” Cohen said he returned home, pulled the security footage from their home and saw that someone had fired several shots at the home.“They discharged about 20 shots toward the house,” he said.
Video shows the car slowly driving by the house and shots being fired.Someone is then heard saying, “F— the Jews,” bef...