COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS Police are asking for the public s help in finding a man who they say used racial and homophobic slurs inside an Asian-owned business in Cottonwood Heights.
About noon Wednesday, a man went into Ace Alterations, 6927 S. 1300 East, to inquire about getting a button fixed on a piece of clothing.
When the owner, an Asian woman, told the man that the button did not need to be repaired, the man became extremely angry and started yelling racial and homophobic slurs, said Cottonwood Heights Police Sgt. JD Tazoi. The man then made verbal threats against a customer, a white man, who tried to help the store owner, and then threatened to slash the tires of both the business owner and the customer.
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