Source: The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0521hatecrime21.html

On May 21, 2003 The Arizona Republic reported that "A Sikh man was shot Monday night in north Phoenix in what authorities are calling an unprovoked hate crime... Avtar Singh Cheira, a 52-year-old truck driver who lives in Phoenix, was shot twice by men in a red pickup near Ninth Street and Bell Road, police said. The Indian immigrant, who has lived in the United States for 18 years, was wearing a turban as he waited for his family to pick him up from work about 9:20 p.m... 'There is no doubt this is a hate crime,' said Phoenix police Detective Tony Morales. 'To think that this kind of ignorance is still out there and can fuel such an ugly racist action is just appalling.'"