NYPD is vtigatg a strg of asslts potentially lked to aths of 2 gay men

Contents:

• NYPD SEARCH FOR SPECT ANTI-GAY ATTACK MIDTOWN CVS
• NYPD IS VTIGATG A STRG OF ASSLTS POTENTIALLY LKED TO ATHS OF 2 GAY MEN
• ‘I GOT AN UMBRELLA AND AMBN’: INDICTMENT REVEALS ALLEGED CONSPIRACY BEHD GAY BAR DEATHS

NYPD SEARCH FOR SPECT ANTI-GAY ATTACK MIDTOWN CVS

New York Cy police are vtigatg a possible anti-gay hate crime after a man was attacked si a CVS over the weekend.

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NYPD IS VTIGATG A STRG OF ASSLTS POTENTIALLY LKED TO ATHS OF 2 GAY MEN

C., who was dgged, robbed, and murred after a night out visg gay bars Hell's Kchen this past May. The same gang of men is believed rponsible for the April ath of Brooklyn social worker Jul Ramirez, 25, who also died unr spic circumstanc after beg dgged and robbed the area, and at least dozen more gay men who were also dgged and robbed.

Word needs to get out, pecially the gay muny, that they are targetg gay men, " Lda Clary told the Post, later addg, "This same group of killers have dgged, robbed, and murred untls young gay men New York.

‘I GOT AN UMBRELLA AND AMBN’: INDICTMENT REVEALS ALLEGED CONSPIRACY BEHD GAY BAR DEATHS

Like Umberger, he had earlier vised gay bars the Hell's Kchen area, and postmortem toxilogy reports showed that while both men died of dg overdos, their blood also suggted they had been victims of spiked drks also known as beg "roofied. The New York Cy Police Department nfirmed Monday that is vtigatg a strg of robberi and asslts that may be nnected to the aths of two gay men earlier this year shortly after they left gay bars Manhattan's Hell's Kchen neighborhood. His fay prevly told NBC News that approximately $20, 000 had been draed om his bank acunts and that they believed he was Umberger and Jul Ramirez were dgged and killed separate cints followg viss to New York Cy gay Clary / Fay photoAbout a month later, Umberger, a 33-year-old polil nsultant, was found ad after he and two unintified men left another popular Hell's Kchen gay bar, the Q.

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A seri of dgggs and robberi — cludg two fatal overdos — outsi bars 2022 left New York's gay muny on edge. In the sprg of 2022, two men were dgged and robbed after leavg gay bars New York. On April 21, 2022, some of the fendants approached Jul Ramirez outsi of the Rz Bar, the dictment stated, a gay bar Midtown Manhattan.

Umberger was leavg the Q NYC, a gay nightclub two blocks and one avenue away om the Rz Bar. The dictments e after police have said they were vtigatg siar crim at bars, where they said gay people and straight people have both been victimized, acrdg to the New York Tim. "They target their victims leavg bars, offerg dgs some s, then eher through force or when the victim pass out, they remove jewelry, money, high-end watch and phon om their victims, " Jam Essig, NYPD chief of tectiv, said at a prs briefg announcg the was officially charged wh two unts of send-gree murr, three unts of first-gree robbery, two unts of third-gree crimal posssn of a ntrolled substance, two unts of send-gree robbery, and two unts of send-gree unsolved murrs of two gay men spected of fallg prey to the same crew ma headl last month when the mother of one of the victims, Lda Clary, acced Manhattan district attorney Alv Bragg of draggg his feet brgg the murrers of her son, John Umberger, to jtice.

Word needs to get out, pecially the gay muny, that they are targetg gay men, " Clary told the NY Post last month, later addg, "This same group of killers have dgged, robbed, and murred untls young gay men New York. C., was dgged, robbed, and killed after a night visg gay bars Hell's Kchen on May 28. Another gay man, Brooklyn social worker Jul Ramirez, 25, was found ad the back of a taxi after he was dgged and robbed the area on April 21.

While at least two of the victims were gay, Essig said Allen and his alleged nspirators were opportunistic and did not target gay men bee of their sexual inti. "We don't particularly thk that they're targetg gay members, " Essig said at the prs briefg.