Photo: Dallas County Sheriff’s Office via AP

In this photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, Jeremy Smith is pictured in an undated booking photo. Smith, accused of shooting three Asian American women at a hair salon has been indicted on multiple counts, including committing a hate crime.

A Dallas man has been jailed since May after allegedly shooting three women at a hair salon in the city’s Koreatown. This week, a grand jury classified the shooting as a hate crime.

“Smith is alleged to have intentionally selected the complainants because of his bias or prejudice against Asian Americans,” says the statement. “After reviewing the evidence, the Grand Jury found that there was sufficient evidence to find probable cause and to indict Smith for these hate crimes.”

Smith was charged with seven counts of aggravated assault and is currently being held on $700,000 bond, according toonline jail records.

Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.

“[H]e begins having delusions that the Asian mob is after him or attempting to harm him,” whenever he’s around anyone of Asian descent, his girlfriend told police, the AP reported.

Duringa press conference in May, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia suggested the incident was a hate crime.

“Right now, it’s an issue of hate. It’s a hate crime. However that manifests itself, I’m not here to say that,” Garcia said. “I can tell you that I know our community sees it as a hate crime. I see it as a hate crime and so do our men and women.”

If you’ve been attacked or have witnessed an attack, please contact your local authorities. You can also report your incidenthere. To learn more and to report crimes, go to:Asian Americans Advancing Justice,Stop the AAPI Hate,National Council of Asian Pacific Americans,Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA, andAsian Pacific Policy & Planning Council.

source: people.com