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Alex Lyman, one of the victims, said the attacker called him a homophobic slur and stabbed him because he wore skinny jeans.

(Screenshot from CBS Sacramento)

A man accused of attacking three Sacramento-area musicians because they wore skinny jeans turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Times reports Timothy Brownell, 25, was wanted on hate crime charges after allegedly yelling a homophobic slur at the men on Sunday and assaulting them with a knife because of their slim-fit jeans.

Brownell was initially arrested after the attack on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possessing a firearm. However, he was released on bond. Police later released an arrest warrant for Brownell on Monday when the incident was reclassified as a hate crime, the LA Times continues to report.

"The Sacramento Police Department has zero tolerance for these crimes," the department says to The Sacramento Bee.

Alex Lyman, guitarist for the band "Slaves" and one of the victims, posted on Instagram that he suffered a 4-inch stab in his side near his spleen. Another guitarist, Weston Richmond, broke his right hand and had minor cuts.

A photo posted by Alex Lyman (@alex_lyman) on Jun 22, 2015 at 4:52am PDT

Blake Abbey, the third musician injured, is the lead singer of another Sacramento band, Musical Char. All three posted to social media about the attacks, the LA Times says.

"This man literally did all this cause we wear skinny jeans.... What a jerk," Richmond writes on Instagram.

An "I wear skinny jeans" fundraiser has been planned at a local Sacramento restaurant with the proceeds going to the three men. Organizers ask those who plan to attend to wear skinny jeans because "we cannot let the poor actions of a few ... affect the many."