Pro-Trump Supporters Attacked At South Bay Rally: Cops

Palo Alto CA

07 January, 2021

5:42 PM

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LOS GATOS, CA — A man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with an attack on a group of pro-Trump demonstrators in Los Gatos that left a 60-year-old woman with "substantial injuries," police said. The suspect, identified as 33-year George Tretyakov, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of felony vandalism, the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department said in a statement. Video obtained by NBC News shows part of the altercation that occurred before police arrived on the scene. Phone #video by Adam Guarino at #LosGatos #ProTrump #rally that shows men punching and pinning man they say grabbed woman supporter and threw her to the ground. She watches while being tended to by another woman. #Police arrive and take over scene. pic.twitter.com/hZ3YLic9sf— Robert Handa (@RHandaNBC) January 7, 2021 The incident followed pro-Trump rioters storming the Capitol building earlier in the day one of the darkest incidents in American political history. It is the second violent incident related to a Trump rally in this South Bay city in less than a week. A fight broke out after Saturday's "Stop the Steal" rally at Town Plaza in which Trump supporters were accused of using anti-Asian epithets. The town of Los Gatos and police issued a joint statement Tuesday condemning the alleged hate-speech incident. On Wednesday, a group of around 15 to 20 protesters were demonstrating peacefully at Town Square in support of the president's baseless claims of election fraud until Tretyakov drove up on the area at around 3:25 p.m., police said. Tretyakov engaged in a verbal dispute with someone he assumed to be a Trump supporter and kicked their vehicle as they tried to drive away, causing significant damage according to police. Tretyakov then retrieved a slingshot-type weapon from his vehicle and started launching projectiles at the Trump supporters but failed to strike anyone, police said. He then approached the group and assaulted the woman according to police. Officers arrived on the scene shortly afterwards to arrest Tretyakov, police said. Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department at 408-354-8600.