By MailOnline Reporter A 37-year-old man allegedly beat his mother's boyfriend with brass knuckles before shooting him in the stomach for having mixed-race grandchildren. Craig Wilson, 45, was allegedly attacked by Jeff Daniels at a rural Mississippi home on Friday night, two weeks after the older man found a burning cross in his yard - a hallmark Ku Klux Klan intimidation technique. Police went to see the cross but he did not want to press charges. Relatives said that the fight unfolded on Friday because Daniels was angry that Wilson's mixed-race grandchildren were at the home. Yet because the suspect and victim - who survived the attack but remains hospitalized - are both white, police said the assault can't be classified a hate crime under Mississippi state law.
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Jeff Daniels, 37, allegedly beat Craig Wilson, 45, with brass knuckles before shooting him in the stomach at a home on Friday
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Relatives claim Daniels was angry that Wilson's mixed-race grandchildren were at the house
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But he has since claimed he was protecting himself when Wilson came at him with a gun during a family row
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Cops say it's not a hate crime because Daniels and Wilson are both white
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Two weeks ago, Wilson found a cross burning in his yard - a Ku Klux Klan intimidation technique - but Daniels claims he was nowhere nearby
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