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2 A.V. MEN ARRESTED IN HATE CRIME.


Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer

Two more young men suspected of being involved in a racially motivated shooting outside a Taco Bell Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., is a Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain based in Irvine, California, United States. The restaurant has locations primarily in the United States and Canada, but also operates outlets in several other markets.  restaurant have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill.  and committing a hate crime.

Jason Deal, 21, and Michael Bryant There have been several well-known people named Michael Bryant, including:
  • Michael Bryant (actor) (1928-2002), British stage and television actor
  • Michael J. Bryant (born 1966), Canadian politician
, 19, both of Lancaster were arrested about 9:45 p.m. Thursday by sheriff's deputies as they left a house in the 1700 block of Hillside Avenue.

``Both of of them lived there,'' Deputy Dwayne Bednar said.

Both men were booked at the Lancaster sheriff's station and were being held in lieu of $500,000 bail each, deputies said. They will be arraigned Monday in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  Municipal Court in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or .

Deal's younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
  • Younger Brother (music group)
  • Younger Brother (Trinity House) - a title within the British organisation, Trinity House
, 19-year-old Tom Deal, was arrested earlier and pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted murder and hate crime charges. He was being held on $2.5 million bail and is scheduled to appear Dec. 15 for a preliminary hearing.

Tom Deal is accused of driving a car from which shots were fired at another car containing an African-American woman, two African-American men and two white men. Investigators are not saying who the shooter was.

No one was injured in the Oct. 24 incident, which occurred near the Taco Bell restaurant at 20th Street East and Avenue J.

The crime was the latest in a string during the past two years that has brought the Antelope Valley notoriety and resulted in the creation by local and federal law enforcement officials of the Antelope Valley Hate Crimes Task Force.

That task force just five weeks ago was credited with linking the unsolved beating death of a Lancaster transient in 1995 to three reputed skinheads Noun 1. skinheads - a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks  - two of whom had been convicted of other hate crimes.

The Oct. 24 shooting appears to have been precipitated by an incident between the occupants of both cars as they were going through the restaurant's drive-through lane, deputies said. Deputies declined to say what the incident was about.

One car with three men inside left, but returned a few minutes later. A passenger fired five shots at the victims' car, which was exiting the shopping center parking lot.

Detectives said the assailants made racial hand gestures, but would not elaborate.

They also said white supremacist materials were found in a search at Tom Deal's home.
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