When hate comes to town - Reno News & Review
Reports that nine people shot dead in a Charleston, South Carolina, church on June 17 were victims of a hate crime sent ripples of shock through the nation, but especially resonated with the extended Montgomery family in Reno. Skinhead Matthew David Faessel, 18, went looking for a black man to shoot after being angered by a woman’s report at a Sparks party that she had been sexually assaulted by a black man. Faessel fired seven shots at Montgomery, 27. One found its mark. “Once we found out who did the (Charleston) killings and that he was affiliated with these hate groups, it brought back memories of my brother getting shot by skinheads,” Calvin Montgomery said. Justin Suade Slotto, 21, had been “fag bashing” two or three times before he went to Idlewild Park on July 8, 1994. Slotto was to be the bait to lure a gay man to a designated spot where three other friends would join and beat the victim. Reno medical office manager William Metz, 36, instead got Slotto into his car. They drove away from Idlewild Park when Slotto convinced him to pull over at Reno High School. They got out of the car and were walking on a field when Slotto attacked Metz, stabbing him at least 22 times with a knife. Slotto, who described himself to police as a white supremacist, wanted to carve a swastika into Metz but didn’t have time. Slotto told police the only people he would kill were homosexuals, and he was out to make a point. Source: www.newsreview.com
