A former UCLA School of Dentistry student was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison Monday for shooting two Jewish men in 2023.

Jaime Tran, who was last enrolled at UCLA in 2018, was arrested for shooting and wounding two Jewish men as they left religious services in Los Angeles, according to a press release from the United States Department of Justice. In May, Tran pleaded guilty to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

“After years of spewing antisemitic vitriol, the defendant planned and carried out a two-day attack attempting to murder Jews leaving synagogue in Los Angeles,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. “As millions of Jewish Americans prepare to observe the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Justice Department reaffirms its commitment to aggressively confronting, disrupting, and prosecuting criminal acts motivated by antisemitism, or by hatred of any kind.”

On Feb. 15, 2023, Tran drove to the Pico-Robertson area of LA – a neighborhood with a large Jewish population – and shot one Jewish victim wearing a yarmulke as he was leaving a synagogue with the intent to kill him, according to the press release. The next morning, Tran returned to Pico-Robertson, shooting another Jewish person wearing a yarmulke and exiting a synagogue, again at a close range with intent to kill.

Both victims survived the attacks.

Though he was prohibited from purchasing firearms due to mental health concerns in 2023, Tran paid a third party $1,500 in cash to buy two firearms for him in Phoenix. Law enforcement has since identified the third party, who pleaded guilty in Arizona for illegally selling Tran the firearms used in the shootings, according to the press release.

In sentencing, the press release said, the government argued that had Tran not been caught the second day, “His campaign of terror would likely have continued.”

Tran left dental school in 2018 after making hate statements about other students he perceived as Jewish, and in 2022, he emailed flyers blaming the COVID-19 pandemic on the Jewish population to his former UCLA classmates. Tran’s antisemitic sentiments continued escalating online, describing himself as a “ticking time bomb.”

UCLA School of Dentistry did not respond in time to request for comment.

Los Angeles Police Chief Dominic Choi said the sentencing shows his department’s commitment to fighting antisemitism.

“While this sentencing cannot fully restore the sense of safety stolen from the two victims and the Jewish community, it is a decisive step towards justice and a clear message that such acts of hate and violence will not be tolerated,” he said.