The Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW) today welcomed the sentencing of the perpetrator of a hate-motivated shooting at a Muslim-owned business in 2015 that left one dead and 4 injured.
Anthony Paz Torres, 39, was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty in September to 5 federal hate crime counts for the 2015 mass shooting at Omar’s Wheels and Tires in Dallas. Torres shot and killed one man and left four others injured.
SEE: Texas man sentenced to 37 years over shooting at Muslim-owned tire shop
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-sentenced-37-years-053155461.html
In a statement, CAIR-DFW Executive Director Mustafaa Carroll said:
“We welcome the sentencing of this individual who, motivated by hatred and bigotry, took an innocent life and, had he been ‘successful,’ would have taken more. We pray that God grants the victims’ families solace and strength.”
He noted that CAIR-DFW welcomed a guilty plea in the case last year.
SEE: CAIR-Texas Welcomes Guilty Plea for 2015 Anti-Muslim Murder of Man in Dallas
This week, CAIR released its 2024 civil rights report, which reveals the highest number of complaints it has ever received in its 30-year history.
SEE: New CAIR Civil Rights Report Reveals Highest Number of Complaints in Group’s 30-Year History
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CONTACT: CAIR-Dallas Director Mustafa Carroll, 1-832-549-1042; muspeaks@gmail.com; CAIR-Austin Board Chair Fayyaz Shah, 1-214-597-0690, fshah@cair.com; CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com, CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com