Charged with Second Degree Murder
The man charged with the murder of 32-year old Heather Heyer at Saturday’s white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has just been denied bail by a judge. That man, who is 20-years old, allegedly rammed his car into a large crowd of people attending a counter-protest to the “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally. Heyer was killed and 19 others were injured.
“James Alex Fields Jr., 20, is charged with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count related to leaving the scene,” ABC News reports. “The rally was attended by neo-Nazis, skinheads and Ku Klux Klan members, and the white nationalists were met with hundreds of counterprotesters, which led to street brawls and violent clashes.”
“A former high school classmate of the suspect told ABC News that Fields had proclaimed himself a neo-Nazi and white supremacist,” ABC News adds.
Fields did not enter a plea today.
Ten of those injured remain hospitalized.
On Monday Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the events do meet the definition of domestic terrorism.
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