Federal authorities are investigating the shooting of a Seattle-area Sikh man that local police have described as a possible hate crime, an FBI spokeswoman told NBC News on Sunday.
ET) Friday while the Sikh man was working on a car in his driveway in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Police Chief Ken Thomas said.
Earlier, India`s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, said the injured man was a 39-year-old U.S. national from India.
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Play FacebookTwitterGoogle PlusEmbed Police Investigating Shooting of Washington Sikh as Possible Hate Crime 1:28 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blogThe announcement came as officials and advocates in Washington State and beyond offered condolences and sought to send messages of defiance and caution.
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