An 18-year-old who beat an Auburn man unconscious in a racist attack will be sentenced on Tuesday.
According to court documents, Julian Tuimauga pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and malicious harassment for beating 26-year-old DaShawn Horne with a baseball bat in January. Horne spent over three months recovering from the attack Harborview Medical Center.
Horne had spent the night with Tuimauga’s sister and was waiting for a Lyft about 10:30 a.m. when Tuimauga came outside the home and hit Horne twice in the head with an aluminum baseball bat, according to documents.
Tuimauga told police he was “in a rage” when he struck Horne, and that Horne’s relationship with his sister angered him.
During the attack, the Lyft driver who called 911 told police he heard Tuimauga say, “This is what happens when you bring black people around here.”