San Jose Police Seek Suspects In Trump Rally Violence
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Police are asking for help identifying and finding three suspects who assaulted attendees at a campaign rally for Donald Trump earlier this month in San Jose and are seen in pictures released by police.
Those seen in the images allegedly assaulted people at the June 2 Donald Trump rally at the San Jose Convention Center, according to police.
One of the suspects was a man with black hair, a mustache, black hat and black shirt that had a person's image in the front.
A second suspect was a man with long black hair, mustache and a beard. He wore a black tank top with a print in the middle, light-colored pants, a silver necklace and had a skateboard.
A third suspect was a woman with her hair tied back in a ponytail. She wore a white shirt with the words "Trump Die" written across the front.
Police are asking for help finding and prosecuting the people responsible for the violence at the rally. Police are looking for video or other information that will help them do that.
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On Tuesday, police released the identities of four teens arrested at the rally.
San Jose residents Robert Trillo, 18, Antonio Fernandez, 19 and Santa Clara resident Ahmed Abdirahman, 19 were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Additionally, Michael Kitaigorodsky, 19, also of San Jose, was arrested on suspicion of refusing to disperse.
On Wednesday, police announced that two additional juvenile suspects have been arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon. A third juvenile has been arrested on suspicion of battery, which is a misdemeanor.
Due to their status as minors, however, those suspects have not been publicly identified.
A police officer suffered a minor injury to his wrist when someone threw a metal object at the officer.
About 300 to 400 people protested outside the rally for the presumed Republican presidential nominee, who had been expected to draw 12,000 to 15,000 supporters.
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