As police continued this weekend to investigate a hate crime and arson at an east Charlotte store, some in the community are trying to raise money for the shop owner to repair his business.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are still looking for a man who set fire to a store in east Charlotte and left behind a racist note for the store’s owner.
The man threw a rock into Central Market and started a fire at the door. He left behind a note demanding immigrants move away, threatening to torture immigrants and refugees, and signed it “White America.”
Police are investigating the incident as arson and a hate crime against the store’s owner, Kamal Dhimel, a refugee from Bhutan.
The man suspected of the hate crime was seen in the surveillance footage wearing a gray hoodie under a black coat, with light jeans and black shoes. Police described him as black, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 200 pounds. He also has a short afro and a goatee, police said.
Authorities did not provide any updates to the case on Saturday.
A person set up a GoFundMe page Saturday, seeking to raise $2,500 for Dhimel to repair his store.
“Let’s show Mr. Dhimel what this country TRULY thinks of its immigrants,” Erik Hovind of Charlotte, the page’s creator, said in the description.
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