Crime & Safety
One Arrested In Hayes Valley Hate Crime Case
Oakland resident Eduardo Navarro Perez allegedly made antisemitic racial slurs to the victim before hitting him with a skateboard.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police officers arrested a 31-year-old Oakland resident in relation to a hate crime incident in the Hayes Valley neighborhood, the department announced on Tuesday.
On Dec. 17 at 12:32 a.m., a resident flagged police officers in the 400 block of Haight Street after seeing a man hit someone with a skateboard.
Police said they located a 30-year-old man who said a man approached him, made antisemitic racial slurs towards him and hit him with a skateboard. The victim was treated for non-life threatening injuries on the scene.
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Police said they quickly identified the suspect as 31-year-old Eduardo Navarro Perez.
Anyone with more information is urged to contact the San Francisco Police Department's Tip Line at 1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD.
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