Dem Rep. Beatty blames White supremacy for Dallas Korean hair salon shooting, but suspect is Black

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The chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) blamed White supremacy for last week's shooting at a Dallas Korean hair salon, but the suspect charged with carrying out the attack is Black.

Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, made the claim at a Thursday press conference outside the Capitol that saw House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in attendance.

"On Monday, three people in a Korean-owned hair salon in Dallas were gunned by yet another White supremacy replacement theorist," Beatty said to the assembled crowd.

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"We are sick of the pipeline from racist rhetoric to racist violence," Beatty continued.

In addition to botching the date of the shooting, Beatty got a key detail wrong about the "White supremacy replacement theorist" charged with attacking the Dallas salon: the suspect is Black.

U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH) blamed White supremacy for a shooting in which the suspect is Black.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Jeremy Smith, 37, was booked into the Dallas County jail and is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He allegedly walked into the Hair World Salon on May 11 and opened fire on the seven people inside with a .22 caliber rifle, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia told reporters. 

Smith got off 13 shots before fleeing into a minivan, he said.

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The FBI said it is investigating the shooting as a hate crime. Surveillance video captured Smith's van with specific details and determined it to be a 2004 Honda Odyssey, authorities said. 

An arrest warrant affidavit said Smith drove the minivan with a paper license plate that matched several of the numbers seen by witnesses. He also admitted to being in the area on the day of the shooting, Fox Dallas reported. A vehicle crash that occurred two years ago with an Asian male resulted in him having panic attacks and "delusions" when around people of Asian descent, Garcia said. 

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Smith was also fired from his previous job at an Ulta Beauty warehouse for attacking his Asian boss, the document states.

A spokesperson for the Congressional Black Caucus, which Beatty chairs, told Fox News Digital that the congresswoman's remarks were a staff error and that she condemns racial violence of all kinds.

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed reporting.