PUNTA GORDA, Florida ( WFTX ) — A new police report is revealing more details about the arson and hate crime investigation connected to the synagogue attack. According to the suspect’s mother, she told detectives Blake Hoover “has a hatred toward homosexuals and Jewish people that’s become worse over the past years.”

The report said Blake’s mother was watching the news on Sept. 20 about the arson at Chabad of Charlotte County. Details revealed in the news segment led Hoover’s mother to believe her son was responsible based on his previous threats and anti-Semitic statements, the probable cause affidavit said.

Investigators said they discovered evidence of accelerant on the inside and outside walls of the classroom in addition to a broken screen and window at the scene on Sept. 19.

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