Black construction worker shot 7 times in potential hate crime, police say

Bobby Gayle, a black man in Stockton, California, was shot seven times in a potential hate crime.

The family of a Black man who was shot seven times in Stockton, California, last week is pushing for justice in what is now being investigated as a potential hate crime.

Bobby Gayle, 45, a cement mason and father of five was seriously injured in the unprovoked attack last Friday, according to his family. His brother, Marlon Gayle, said Bobby had just finished a construction job at a restaurant when the shooting occurred.

"This big truck came by and almost hit them. So my brother says, 'Hey, slow down,'" Marlon Gayle told ABC News. "According to my brother and the guy who was with him, his friend, the guy gets out of the truck, the white guy, and he has a gun, and he starts saying the n-word over and over again and started shooting my brother."

Bobby Gayle was shot seven times, including in the face. His family said that he is in stable condition and that no major arteries were hit.