MILWAUKEE — The Latest on an acid attack on a man in Milwaukee (all times local):
11 a.m.
The mayor of Milwaukee says an acid attack on a Latino American citizen a horrific hate crime that should never have occurred.
Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett said Monday that he looks at the crime in the context of the current political climate in the country in which President Donald Trump “seems to try to create more division” among citizens.
Mahud Villalaz suffered second-degree burns to his face after he was confronted by a man outside a restaurant Friday night who he says told him he didn’t belong in the country and threw acid from a container.
Surveillance video shows Villalaz stumbling away from the suspect, who police say is white.
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6:23 a.m.
Milwaukee police have made an arrest after a man was attacked and burned with acid in what officials say is a hate crime.
Mahud Villalaz suffered second-degree burns to his face after he was confronted by a man he says accused him of being in the country illegally. Villalaz, a U.S. citizen and Latino, says the man approached him in front of a restaurant Friday night, told him he didn’t belong in the country and threw acid from a container on him.
Surveillance video shows Villalaz stumbling away from the suspect, who police say is white.
Alderman Jose Perez said in a statement that police investigated the incident as a hate crime, which he called a “heinous” act of “senseless violence.”
Villalaz was treated at a hospital and released.
The Associated Press
