Bed-Stuy Anti-Gay Hate Crime: Man Stabs 2 Men While Hurling Homophobic Slurs At Them

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — A man slashed and stabbed two victims in Bed-Stuy early Sunday morning while hurling anti-gay slurs at them, cops said.

At around 5 a.m. in Crown Fried Chicken on Fulton Street, the suspect slashed the first victim on the left side of his face while uttering anti-gay slurs, according to police. In front of the restaurant, the suspect then stabbed a 24-year-old man in his right torso and slashed him in his right shoulder while yelling anti-gay slurs at him, police said.

The two victims, who were unknown to each other, were treated in separate hospitals and released, police said. Both victims had come out of the same gay club, Langston Night Club, located at 1073 Atlantic Ave., a few blocks away from the Crown Fried Chicken, the NYPD said.

The suspect is described as a black man, 20 to 26 years old, and around 150 pounds.

There have been no arrests, and the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident, the NYPD said.

The NYPD released surveillance photos and video and is asking anyone with information in regards to this incident to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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