Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks Announcing Accused Tops Shooter Charged with Federal Hate Crimes and Using a Firearm to Commit Murder

Thank you, U.S. Attorney Ross.

It is tragic that we are standing here in the aftermath of such a horrifying act of violence. And we grieve with the families who lost loved ones, and for this whole community. Hate crimes are insidious — they instill fear across entire communities and they undermine the principles upon which our democracy stands. No person — and no community — should ever have to experience this.