SALT LAKE CITY (AP) | Investigators say they have identified a man they believe may be linked to a potential hate crime in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake police said in a tweet Feb. 18 the man was “cooperating fully” with an investigation of an attack on a gay man that was caught on video.
The video, shot on a downtown Salt Lake sidewalk early Feb. 17, shows a man approaching Sal Trejo and asking him if he’s gay. After Trejo confirms he’s gay, the approaching man is shown throwing a punch.
Trejo wrote on Facebook he started filming the man after he shouted anti-gay comments before the attack.
Salt Lake Police Sgt. Brandon Shearer confirmed Feb. 18 that the case is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
