San Diego student pelted with frozen eggs in anti-Asian attack

Christian Palayo, a 27-year-old Filipino American graduate student at the University of California San Diego, was allegedly attacked while walking a friend’s dog near the Mesa College campus on the evening of July 25.

What happened: While walking by Marlesta Drive, Palayo heard a car pull up behind him. “Suddenly, something hard hit the side of my head … Felt ringing in the left side of my face. A hard object, hard enough for my glasses and earring to come off,” he told ABC News 10. Palayo then heard an anti-Asian slur and was struck twice more by frozen eggs before the attackers sped off in a black sedan, causing the student to suffer bruising.
Police report: Concerned about the rise in anti-Asian crimes, Palayo reported the incident to school police. “I feel like in a post-COVID world and seeing crimes against Asians, I worry about someone like my little sister walking around and being targeted for these things… I felt comfortable in my skin around here. Now it’s like, ‘Should l be watching my back every time I hear a car pull up?’” Palayo said. Campus police stated this is the first such incident reported. Anyone with information is urged to contact the San Diego Community District Police.

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