A gay man
assaulted near a Washington, D.C., gay bar on September 7
has died from his injuries. Tony Randolph Hunter, 27,
of Clinton, Md., passed away Wednesday after being
knocked unconscious by four assailants 10 days earlier
while a block from popular gay watering hole Be Bar.
Police have been investigating the incident as a
possible antigay hate crime, given the attack's
proximity to a known gay establishment. The suspects,
described by a friend who was with Hunter at the time as
four young black men, have yet to be apprehended. Upon
Hunter's death, D.C. police appealed for help in
identifying the attackers.
Hunter and his
friend Trevor Carter were exiting their car near Be Bar,
located at Eighth and N streets in the northwest quadrant of
the city, on a Sunday evening when they were
jumped by the suspects. Carter was able to escape and
sought help, but Hunter never recovered. (The
Advocate)