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BOWIE, Md. — Police in Bowie, Maryland say they just arrested a
suspect in a violent attack that they believe was racially
motivated.

Bowie police detained 26-year-old Marcus Crews in D.C. Thursday
afternoon.

The attack happened Wednesday in the middle of a Giant
supermarket on Annapolis Road. The suspect allegedly attacked a
young, interracial couple, screaming that the Black man was
betraying his race by dating a White woman.

RELATED: Bowie police investigate hate crime stabbing outside a
Giant grocery store

Police in the Prince George's County suburb said it does not
matter who commits a racist assault, they will not tolerate hate
crime.

"I was just shopping in Giant with my girlfriend," one of the
victims, who wants to be identified by his first name, Avery,
told WUSA9 in an exclusive interview.

Avery is Black, and he said he was shopping on Wednesday morning
with his White girlfriend, when another Black man ran his cart
into him.

"[He] bumped into my cart, bumped into me," Avery said. "I asked
him what his problem was, and he pulled out a knife."

Avery said the man started yelling at him.

"He said I'm a betrayal of my kind for messing with a White
girl," Avery said, which he described as infuriating. "If you
think there's something wrong with somebody for messing with
another race, you're just as bad as the racist people yourself
bro. That's racist."

Police said the attacker then lunged with the knife toward
Avery's girlfriend, and Avery stepped in to protect her.

"He did what I think most of us would like to think we would do
if our significant other was threatened," Bowie Police Lt. John
Knott said. "He stepped in between."

"We wrestled around with it for a while," Avery said. "Then he
stabbed me in my butt. Then he ran out of the store."

The alleged attacker escaped, but police believe they know who
he is. They said he faces assault and concealed deadly weapon
charges, and that they will be consulting with prosecutors on a
hate crime count.

"I haven't seen anything like this in my entire career, which
spans 33 years in Prince George's County," Lt. Knott said.

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