Two Oklahoma men indicted on hate crime charges in assault outside bar

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(NEW YORK) -- Two Oklahoma men were indicted by a federal grand jury after authorities accused them of committing hate crimes in connection with an alleged assault against two people outside of a bar in 2019.

The two-count indictment in the Western District of Oklahoma alleges that Brandon Killian and Devan Johnson "willfully caused bodily injury to two victims" because one of them was a Black man, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

The assaults occurred in the parking lot of a bar in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in June 2019, the Justice Department said in a press release.

If convicted, Killian and Johnson each could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000, according to the release.

An attorney for Killian did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. Information for Johnson's attorney was not immediately available.

Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 6:34AM by Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News Permalink