Man arrested for
gay bashing at San Diego pride

Police have arrested one person in connection with the hate-crime attack that occurred as a gay pride festival ended Saturday night in San Diego's Balboa Park. Police on Monday night served a search warrant in connection with the case and were questioning three people. "We've got one person in custody, and the investigation is continuing," said Capt. Chris Ball. Ball did not release any other details about the arrest.

Police said three young men attacked the victims with baseball bats and a knife. Authorities said the assailants taunted their victims with antigay epithets as they were beating them. One of the victims remains hospitalized with a fractured skull and may need reconstructive surgery. Another suffered superficial stab wounds.

City officials said Monday that the assault was an unprovoked hate crime that will be prosecuted as an attempted murder. "Clearly, these animals wanted to push these men back into the closet," Mayor Jerry Sanders said at a City Hall news conference Monday. "We won't and shouldn't allow that to occur." (AP)