Caroline County, Va. (Wric) – On Wednesday, a man in Virginia was guilty of watching and finally shooting two Latino men because of his “anger about illegal immigration”.
On Wednesday, June 18, Douglas W. Cornett confessed two cases of federal hate crimes, which contained attempts to kill, and a count of the dismissal of a firearm during a federal crowd of violence.
Court documents identify the two Latino men who Cornett as “Victim 1” and “Victim 2.” shot. The authorities in Spotsylvania previously said that they both come from Prince William County.
On February 28, 2024Cornett drove on Interstate 95 when he climbed to a van driven by victims. Cornett spent the truck by court documents and remained behind it, although victims tried to let him pass. Then he followed the truck to a petrol station.
On his arrival, victim 1 spoke to a friend of his who worked at the petrol station. He asked this friend who spoke English to ask Cornett what was wrong. After a compact conversation between the friend and Cornett, victim 1 left the petrol station.
According to court documents, Cornett followed victims 1 in the Thornburg region near the petrol station. When friend 1 of the victim described the victim 2 and told him that someone followed victim 1.
The victim 2 dipped on the Sheetz at that time and saw how both victims 1 and Cornett moved to the ward. Sacrifice 2 then turned to Cornett and asked him why he replied to the victim episode 1. Cornett by asking the victim 2 how long victim 1 was in the United States.
Victim 1, who translated victims 2, said victim 1 that he had been in America for about a year and a half.
Cornett then pulled out a pistol and shot a total of six times. Victim 1 was hit three times and victim 2 was hit once. Both had solemn injuries. According to the court documents, Cornett then left the scene, returned home and told the two people with whom he was putting about what had happened.
When he was arrested the following day, Cornett admitted the double shootout and said “[his] The intentions were clear in [his] Brain at this time. “
“[Cornett] Then he described his anger about the illegal immigration and told the detective that he was “sour” about migrants without papers who received social funds, phones and health insurance, and that he “had previously driven around with the same thought”.[He] The detective later asked if he could be charged [his] Thoughts, “and further explained that he fascinated it to fly an Apache helicopter -gauge ship to the border and shoot undocumented migrants who travel to the USA to prevent other undocumented migrants from crossing the border.”
Cornett’s roommates also told the detectives that he was “obsessed” with cable news about undocumented immigrants who entered the United States.
In particular, no victim in court documents was identified as immigrants without papers.
“Crimes like Douglas Cornet’s files not only to the individual, but also harm families, communities and groups by depriving them of their feeling of security,” said Erik S. Siebert, US lawyer of the eastern district of Virginia, in a press release. “Everyone has the right to live free of the fear of violence and the threat of hatred, and my office is obliged to eliminate both.”
Cornett will be convicted on November 13th. According to the conditions of his plea contract, he will not receive more than 24 years in prison.
