Julian Tuimauga, 18, (pictured) is charged with malicious harassment- Washington state's hate crime- and first degree assault
A black father was ferociously beaten in Seattle by a woman's brother whom he had spent the night with. The suspect hurled the 'N-word' during the brutal attack.
DeShawn Horne, 26, is unconscious and clinging to life in a hospital after authorities say Julian Tuimauga, 18, attacked him with an aluminum baseball bat on January 20.
Horne's mother, LaDonna Horne, is shocked it happened to her son within her diverse community. 'You just never think it's going to happen to you or so close to home,' the victim's mother, LaDonna told the Seattle Times.
'I was just telling someone, 'It's different out here. Everybody gets along. It's so diverse.''
Meanwhile King County prosecutors charged Tuimauga with malicious harassment, the state's hate-crime charge, as well as first-degree assault.
During a rare Friday night out for DeShawn, a US Postal Worker, met a woman in her 20s at a club in Downtown Seattle.
The pair and another person headed back to her home in the town of Auburn. In the morning she called a Lyft to take DeShawn home to his place about 10 miles away in Kent.
When the driver arrived, Tuimauga appeared in the driveway with the baseball bat.
DeShawn Horne (pictured with his 16-month old son) is still unconscious from the January 20 attack in which the suspect Tuimauga hurled the N-word in a 'rage' according to cops
DeShawn's mother LaDonna (together) said she was shocked the attack happened in their diverse community
He asked the driver who he was waiting for and the driver said the sister had called the cab.
Tuimauga went into the house, at some point DeShawn left the home to get into the cab. The Lyft driver later told police Tuimaugua started fighting with him in the driveway.
According to an Auburn police report there was a thump and the driver saw DeShawn fall to the ground after being hit in the head twice.
'This is what happens when you bring black people around here,' Tuimauga allegedly said during the assault.
The driver pulled the car a few doors down and called 911, but, he told cops, the assault continued. He told police he saw Tuimaugua hit DeShawn at least three more times while he was parked.
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ShareTuimauga also took cellphone video of his alleged attack and is heard on the video- that he tried to delete but that police were able to recover- hurling the 'N-word' during the brutal beat down.
Police say surveillance video also shows a knocked out DeShawn falling into the frame.
Tuimauga's sister says she didn't witness the attack but that her brother came into the apartment after and broke down her bedroom door and called her a 'wh***.'
Police say they found DeShawn, whose the father to an 16-month-old son, bloodied and unconscious on the ground.
Tuimauga later told the cops them he fell into a 'rage' when he thought DeShawn slept with his sister. His bail is set at $500,000 and he is being held at the King County Jail.
Obediyah Israel (left) DeShawn's brother set up a GoFundMe account for his brother and his nephew
DeShawn's heartbroken mother has been calling for justice in the attack and keeping people posted on her son's recovery through her Facebook page
A GoFundMe account has been set up for the still unconscious DeShawn who is at Harborview Medical Center and has had several procedures done.
The page was set up by his brother, Obediyah Israel to cover his expenses and provide for his son.
DeShawn is expected to remain in intensive care for another month, according to the page, and will have to spend another month in neurological care, before he can hopefully continue onto rehabilitation.
'As his uncles, we taught him to protect himself,' Ray Jenkens, who isn't a blood relative but considered Horne's family, told the Seattle Times, 'But to be attacked from behind because of the color of his skin.'
'Who can be prepared for that?' DeShawn's uncle Rodney Kind chimed in.
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