Fair 73°
Tag:

Grewal's Bias Crimes Unit

News
Attempted Bias Murder: Clifton Man Indicted In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer Attempted Bias Murder: Clifton Man Indicted In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer
Attempted Bias Murder: Clifton Man Indicted In Knife Attack On Mexican Female Grocer A knife-wielding Clifton man attacked a local grocery store clerk because she’s Mexican, an indictment charging him with attempted murder alleges. Shairo Gil, 24, pulled out a knife and lunged across the counter at Barrales Grocery on Hadley Avenue without prompting on March 26, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Gil, who attacked the clerk “solely because he believed she was of Mexican descent...made contact with the upper part of her chest, below the left shoulder, but she was not wounded,” the attorney general said. Clifton police quickly identified and arrested Gil, wh…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco