Dallas Man Sentenced to 37 Years for Hate Crime Shooting at Muslim-Owned Tire Shop

Anthony Paz Torres, convicted for a 2015 shooting that killed one and targeted Muslims, will serve his federal sentence concurrently with a prior state conviction.

• In December 2015, Anthony Paz Torres opened fire at Omar's Wheels and Tires in Dallas, killing one bystander and attempting to kill four others in a hate crime targeting Muslims.
• Torres was sentenced to 37 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to five federal hate crime counts and one count of using a firearm to commit murder.
• The sentence will run concurrently with a 35-year sentence Torres received in 2018 from a Dallas County jury for the murder of Enrique Garcia Mendoza.
• Authorities emphasized that hate crimes fueled by Islamophobia or any bias will be met with the full force of the Justice Department.
• The Justice Department and FBI highlighted their commitment to vigorously investigate and prosecute hate crimes to protect citizens from violence based on religion.

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