Montana : Eighteen years in prison for a homophobic attack

According to local authorities, a quadragenarian individual has been sentenced to eighteen years in prison for opening fire on the residence of a lesbian woman in the state of Montana. In February, John Howald was found guilty by a federal jury of a hate crime and firearms-related offenses after a four-day trial.

Kristen Clarke, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, stated that “Howald sought to eliminate all LGBTQ+ members from his town by killing them.” She also added that he fired shots at the home of a lesbian resident with the implicit intention of “inspiring similar attacks across the country.”

READ MORE : Harvard Medical School Morgue Director and Others Indicted for Organ Trafficking

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, John Howald was armed when he went on his rampage, possessing two automatic rifles and several other types of weapons.

It is believed that he had attempted to locate other individuals belonging to the LGBTQ+ communities residing in Basin, a small town in northwestern Montana.

However, through the heroic actions of both the residents and law enforcement, along with some unexpected stroke of luck on that day, a full-blown tragedy was averted.

Finally, last Tuesday, before Judge Brian Morris, John Howald was sentenced to serve 18 years behind bars, followed by five years of probation.

→ READ ALSO : United States : a section of a highway collapses in Philadelphia

→ READ ALSO : United States : A 10-year-old girl survives alone in the mountains for more than 24 hours

→ READ ALSO : The American “Unabomber”, whose attacks traumatized the United States, found dead in prison

Sur cette plateforme, vous trouverez également des bourses d'étude

Consulter ici

X