Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu are offering a reward for information that could locate a suspect, who viciously assaulted an elderly man last month.
The attack, which was captured on camera and occurred in the Chinatown district of Oakland, California, showed a masked person shoving a 91-year-old to the ground outside the Asian Resource Center on January 31, according to People.
The unidentified suspect has also been linked to the battery of a 60-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman the same day, also in Chinatown.
Speaking up: Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu are offering a reward for information that could locate a suspect, who viciously assaulted an elderly man last month; seen in April 2019
After learning of the violent attacks, Kim, 52, and Wu, 46, announced they would be providing a $25,000 reward ‘for information leading to the arrest and conviction of this man and his accomplices’ to Instagram on Friday.
‘The number of hate crimes against Asian Americans continues to skyrocket, despite our repeated pleas for help,’ Kim captioned a video of the chilling incident, which took place in broad daylight.
The SAG Award winner, best known for his as Jin-Soo Kwon in Lost, went on to point out that these ‘crimes are too often ignored and even excused.’
Enough is enough: After learning of the violent attacks, Kim, 52, and Wu, 46, announced they would be providing a $25,000 reward ‘for information leading to the arrest and conviction of this man and his accomplices’ to Instagram on Friday (pictured in May 2019)
Disturbing: The attack, which was captured on camera and occurred in the Chinatown district of Oakland, California, showed an unidentified person shoving a 91-year-old to the ground outside the Asian Resource Center on January 31, according to People
Dangerous: The suspect has also been linked to the battery of a 60-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman the same day, also in Chinatown
Additionally, the star urged others to ‘help the literally thousands of Americans who have suffered at the hands of this absolutely senseless violence,’
‘Please help us bring this criminal to justice,’ he concluded with the hashtag ‘#EnoughisEnough.’
His slideshow included two images of the suspect, who wore a light blue surgical mask, a black and blue hoodie, khakis and sneakers.
‘Please help us bring this criminal to justice,’ he concluded with the hashtag ‘#EnoughisEnough’ and photos of the masked suspect
In response to Kim’s post, he received a flood of responses from actors like Gemma Chan, Henry Golding and Kelly Ripa.
‘Heartbreaking,’ the 50-year-old Live with Kelly and Ryan host commented, while Golding wrote: ‘Jesus this is horrible.’
Chan reposted the video and educated her Instagram followers about the rising hate crimes against Asian Americans, which has increased during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Track him down: The slideshow included two images of the suspect, who wore a blue surgical mask, a black and blue hoodie, khakis and sneakers
‘Hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans have skyrocketed. The community is in pain from these completely unprovoked attacks but the crimes are too often ignored and underreported,’ she began.
The Crazy Rich Asians actress went on to ask her followers to ‘imagine if this was your father or grandfather.’
‘The victim in the video was 91 years old and the perpetrator attacked two other senior citizens that day,’ she wrote.
Donate: On Saturday, the Black Bay Area started a GoFundMe to ‘support’ and provide a ‘medical stipend for those elders, who were recently injured’
Then she called for her fans to ‘please share, raise awareness and call for government and the media to recognise these as hate crimes and to take action. The violence will only end when the silence ends.’
On Saturday, the Black Bay Area started a GoFundMe to ‘support’ and provide a ‘medical stipend for those elders, who were recently injured.’
They have surpassed their initial $3,000 and, as of Sunday morning, have raised $6,729 from 194 donors.
