Gay New Yorkers share acunts siar to robberi that left two ad

Contents:

• TWO GAY MEN WERE DGGED, ROBBED & KILLED NYC. NOW ONE OF THEIR MOTHERS IS SPEAKG OUT.
• COUNCILMAN URG LGBTQ MUNY TO STAY VIGILANT AFTER ATHS OF 2 GAY MEN HELL’S KCHEN
• NYPD IS VTIGATG A STRG OF ASSLTS POTENTIALLY LKED TO ATHS OF 2 GAY MEN
• 2ND ATH PROBED AFTER MAN LEAV NYC GAY CLUB
• GAY NEW YORKERS SHARE ACUNTS SIAR TO ROBBERI THAT LEFT TWO AD
• DGGED, ROBBED, KILLED AFTER PARTYG HELL'S KCHEN — ARE GAY MEN BEG TARGETED?
• A 25-YEAR-OLD GOT A TAXI OUTSI AN N.Y.C. GAY BAR. HE WAS AD AN HOUR LATER.
• ALV BRAGG SILENT AS GANG OF KILLERS PREYS ON GAY MEN, LEAVG 2 AD AND A DOZEN ROBBED

TWO GAY MEN WERE DGGED, ROBBED & KILLED NYC. NOW ONE OF THEIR MOTHERS IS SPEAKG OUT.

Directed by Anthony Caronna and executive produced by Howard Gertler om Elon Green’s 2021 nonfictn book, “Last Call” pulls back the curta on the killg spree of Richard Rogers, a male nurse who, as far back as the 1980s and until 2001 when he was eventually ught by thori, targeted gay men New York and New Jersey.

(Prr, 1973, he was acquted of killg his llege hoemate what he alleged was a f of gay panic. Beneath the grislier aspects tailed the seri — Rogers’ mod operandi volved dismemberment and strewg body parts around the Tri-State Area — is also an evotive snapshot of gay New York the early 1990s.

Rogers also picked up and murred Thomas Richard Mulhy, a married father of four who lived an unrver gay life and whose dghter reunts touchg memori of him. There was also Michael Sakara, the mayor of Townhoe, who is warmly remembered by former employe of the bar and by his sister, who is also gay.

COUNCILMAN URG LGBTQ MUNY TO STAY VIGILANT AFTER ATHS OF 2 GAY MEN HELL’S KCHEN

In the harrowg send episo of “Last Call, ” which is primarily foced on Marrero and the fallout wh the unrground gay muny of his murr, one of Rogers’ alleged attempted victims speaks anonymoly about his bsh wh someone whose MO sounds closely like the killer’s. The NYPD’s often futile pursu of him across the years turns the seri to a documentary thriller s fal stag — futile also bee of the police’s own seemgly homophobic refal to take the murrs more serly.

In a timely harkeng to recent ntroversi surroundg The New York Tim’ verage of trans people, “Last Call” touch on the bias at the Tim and other New York media outlets that emed Rogers (before his inty was known) as the “gay-slay” killer obvly bee had a tchy, if--bleeds--leads rhyme to . New York Cy police are vtigatg a strg of asslts that may be lked to the aths of at least two gay men. Both Ramirez and Umberger were found ad after leavg Hell’s Kchen gay bars wh unintified strangers separate cints earlier this year.

Clary, who recently rerd a vio urgg New Yorkers to vote for Republin Lee Zeld last week’s gubernatorial electn, believ the siari between Ramirez and Umberger’s aths, along wh other cints unr vtigatn, pot to a “system” that is targetg young gay men. “My office has been ntact wh the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and the NYPD regardg s of two gay men who were dgged, robbed, and found ad earlier this year after leavg LGBTQ nightclubs wh strangers, as well as s of others who were dgged and robbed, ” New York Cy Council member Erik Bottcher, whose district clus Hell’s Kchen, wrote an Instagram post over the weekend. Council Erik Bottcher hop to raise awarens that someone may be targetg gay men at gay bars.

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

Manhattan Councilman Erik Bottcher is urgg the LGBTQ muny to be “extra vigilant” when gog out for a night on the town after the spic aths of two gay men Hell’s Kchen.

2ND ATH PROBED AFTER MAN LEAV NYC GAY CLUB

Bottcher gathered wh volunteers the popular nightlife neighborhood Thursday night to hand out fliers wh safety tips and raise awarens that one or more people may be targetg, dggg and robbg gay men the area. The uncil member — a gay man himself who has spent much of his reer public service advotg for and supportg the LBGTQ muny — urged bargoers to be on high alert after two men, 25-year-old Jul Ramirez and 35-year-old John Umberger, were both found ad separate cints after a night out at New York Cy gay bars. Invtigators believe both men went to the Eighth Avenue gay nightclub, The Q NYC, where they were each targeted by a group of three men before they wound up ad the next morng.

The NYPD has formed a grand larceny task force to vtigate the crim which well-drsed victims were targeted by three men at gay bars, dgged, and robbed of tens of thoands of dollars, after their bank acunts were emptied and cred rds maxed out. 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.

GAY NEW YORKERS SHARE ACUNTS SIAR TO ROBBERI THAT LEFT TWO AD

The mother of a gay man robbed and killed unr spic circumstanc New York Cy earlier this year broke her silence this week, llg out Manhattan's new district attorney for refg to prosecute her son's alleged murrers, a gang spected of preyg on young gay men Hell's Clary told The New York Post District Attorney Alv Bragg is draggg his feet on brgg charg agast the spected killers of her son, John Umberger, 33, of Washgton D. 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.

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.

DGGED, ROBBED, KILLED AFTER PARTYG HELL'S KCHEN — ARE GAY MEN BEG TARGETED?

HELL’S KITCHEN, Manhattan (PIX11) — Police nfirmed Wednday the aths of two men who died after leavg gay clubs were unr vtigatn.

“The same group of crimals have dgged, robbed and murred untls young gay men New York.

A 25-YEAR-OLD GOT A TAXI OUTSI AN N.Y.C. GAY BAR. HE WAS AD AN HOUR LATER.

PREVIOUS REPORT: 'I'll never get my baby back': Fay of woman killed crash on North Freeway angry over lossHoton police said Sarah Gay was toxited when she drove northbound the southbound lan of the I-45 North Freeway near the Whe Oak ex and h two rs. The s were weeks apart and eerily siar: Two young men at popular New York Cy gay bars. Both of their bank acunts were they may not be the only gay New Yorkers are g forward for the first time wh acunts that share notable siari to the unexplaed aths this sprg of Jul Ramirez, 25, a social worker, and John Umberger, 33, a polil biggt difference so far: They News spoke to two people who scribed harrowg experienc that seem to broadly f the pattern of what happened to Ramirez and Umberger.

Meanwhile, the gay muny the untry’s largt LGBTQ cy awas Person, 55, says he was robbed siar circumstanc 2018 and, bed wh the recent reports, the experience has left him shaken. I don’t thk gay men would ever spect that this uld be done to them. ”No memori and emptied bank acuntsIn December, Burt — who reached out to NBC News on social media after recent reports regardg the two aths — was walkg home om a night out wh iends when he stopped at The Boiler Room, a popular gay bar Manhattan’s East Village, for one last drk by himself.

Lda Clary is prsg the NYPD to further vtigate the ath of her son, John ClaryRoughly a month later, Umberger was found ad after he and two unintified men left another popular Hell’s Kchen gay bar, The Q. Qutns are swirlg followg the myster aths of two gay men who, on separate ocsns, were dgged, robbed and found ad after gog out for a night of fun the same Manhattan neighborhood.

ALV BRAGG SILENT AS GANG OF KILLERS PREYS ON GAY MEN, LEAVG 2 AD AND A DOZEN ROBBED

"They seem to target young gay men, but I thk young people across the board are vulnerable untls ci, untls plac, " Clary told News 4. Umberger’s myster ath is eerily siar to that of another gay man the cy, Jul Ramirez.

Their last stop was the Rz Bar and Lounge, a popular, multilevel gay venue the heart of the neighborhood’s Rtrant Row. Like many gay men New York Cy, he was a equent visor to Hell’s Kchen, which, along wh s southern neighbor, Chelsea, reportedly has the hight ncentratn of LGBTQ bars and rourc the cy — and perhaps the world. And vised three venu all wh a half-e of each other: Rise Bar, a gay cktail lounge; Mickey Spillane’s, a bar and rtrant; and, fally, Rz Bar and Lounge.