Seattle man sentenced for hate crime, assault in U District attack

Andre Karlow attacked a transgender woman in Seattle’s University District in March 2025, leaving her with broken teeth and bruises.

SEATTLE — A Seattle man convicted in two separate attacks on transgender people was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison. 

Andre Karlow attacked a transgender woman in Seattle’s University District last March. A jury found Andre Karlow guilty in February of hate crime and second-degree assault in what prosecutors argued was an unprovoked assault fueled by hatred and preceded by targeted slurs.

Karlow was convicted of fourth-degree assault in an attack on a Sound Transit worker who is transgender in September 2024. However,

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