A member of the Hells Angels was sentenced Friday to 21 years to life in state prison for stabbing a young Black man in the chest in Ocean Beach.

Prosecutors called the attack, which included two other Black men, racially motivated.

Troy Andrew Scholder, 44, described by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office as a longtime leader of an active San Diego County chapter of the motorcycle gang, was one of 17 people indicted by a grand jury for various roles in the June 6, 2023 attack.

A San Diego jury convicted him earlier this year of attempted murder, assault and a hate crime allegation.

Prosecutors said the victims, ages 19, 20 and 21, were chased by the defendants on Newport Avenue after one of them apparently spoke to the girlfriend of another Hells Angels member.

One of the

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