On July 18th, 2019, a Hindu priest Swami Ji Harish Chander Puri, serving at the Shiv Shakti Peeth Temple in Glen Oaks, Queens, was assaulted during his morning walk. While wearing the full religious garb, as he walked near the temple, a man he had never seen before, a 52-year-old Sergio Gouveia, a Caucasian male, approached him saying he didn’t want him in the neighbourhood. Early reports described said Gouveia had shouted, 'This is my neighbourhood'. Then Gouveia beat him with an umbrella and punched him, cutting his nose, head, chest, arms and legs. The gashes were so severe, he had to be hospitalized, according to police and a criminal complaint.