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The Associated Press reported that a court filing attached to the arrest warrant said a patron of the bar had recognized Mr. Robida from New Bedford High School, but Captain Spirlet said that Mr. Robida was no longer enrolled there.
The A.P. reported that a police affidavit said officers had found "Nazi regalia" and anti-Semitic writings on the walls of Mr. Robida's home.
Captain Spirlet said Mr. Robida had attended the junior police academy in New Bedford, which teaches discipline to adolescents.
Teenager Attacks Three Men at Gay Bar in Massachusetts
By KATIE ZEZIMA
BOSTON, Feb. 2 — A teenager armed with a hatchet and a handgun seriously injured three people early Thursday at a gay bar in New Bedford, Mass., the police said.
The teenager, Jacob Robida, was being sought Thursday night by the police, who issued an arrest warrant charging him with three counts each of assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and hate crimes.
Mr. Robida, 18, entered the Puzzles Lounge around midnight, the police said, and asked the bartender whether it was a gay bar.
When the bartender told him it was, Mr. Robida pulled out a hatchet and struck a man in the head, then struck a man who had tried to help the victim, said Capt. Richard Spirlet of the New Bedford police.
Captain Spirlet said that Mr. Robida pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot the man who had tried to help the first victim, then shot a third man across the bar.
The police said two victims were in critical condition.
A bartender named Phillip, who would not give his last name, told local television reporters that Mr. Robida ordered a shot of liquor, drank it, asked if he was in a gay bar, ordered and drank another shot, and attacked the first man.
