""Both victims told investigators they feared for their lives and believed Oprea, whom they did not know, was attempting to run them over and kill them. Witnesses also stated they believed Oprea was trying to strike the women with his vehicle.""
""I drove at the women because I saw them kissing and they were lesbians and I wanted to kill them.""
""These women did nothing to provoke this violence. They were targeted, chased, and left fearing for their lives. Our office takes hate-motivated violence extremely seriously, and attacks roo""
Vitalie Oprea, 47, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder after deliberation and a violent crime sentence enhancer and received a 20-year term in the Colorado Department of Corrections. On February 19, 2023, he took his parents' car without permission, confronted two women, yelled, made obscene gestures, and made a U-turn into oncoming traffic toward them. He drove over a curb, rammed their pickup, exited his vehicle, kicked the passenger side, opened the door, and attempted to pull one woman out before fleeing and later being arrested in Arvada. The victims reported fearing for their lives. Oprea told officers he targeted the women because he saw them kissing and believed they were lesbians and wanted to kill them. The incident occurred amid a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ incidents and over 360 anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed nationwide this year.
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