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SPD investigating Capitol Hill gay bashing and robbery

Seattle Police are investigating a Capitol Hill gay bashing and robbery after a man said he was assaulted near E Harrison and Summit Sunday night.

The victim, who asked to remain anonymous, told CHS he was walking home around 10:30 PM Sunday when the assault occurred. As he passed the suspect, the victim said he heard the man call him a faggot then immediately started punching him in the head.

“He wasn’t yelling or anything. In a calm voice just kept saying ‘fucking faggot, fucking faggot,’” he said.

The victim, who was walking alone, told CHS the assailant then hit him over the head with a hard object, knocking him unconscious. When he woke up, $100 was missing from his pocket along with his new Adidas shoes — taken right off his feet.

The victim described his attacker as a tall black male wearing a pale yellow t-shirt:

V/      described the Suspect as a Black male, early to mid-twenties, 6’0, medium build, with very short hair, a narrow/slender face, a prominent and wide nose and thin lips. The suspect was reported to be wearing a Pale Yellow t-shirt and dark jeans. V/      said that when the suspect spoke English, that it was with an accent, that sounded to him (V/     ) like it was possibly an Ethiopian accent.

The responding police officer noted that the victim’s “left eye was considerably swollen and bruised” –

Just beneath his left eye, I could see two small horizontal scrapes, approximately ” in length. It also appeared to me that V/ ‘s left eye was bloodshot. V/ was unsteady on his feet and had difficulty maintaining his balance.

The officer said the victim also had “a crown” of dried blood on his head.

After the assault, the victim said he has been hesitant to walk around at night around his otherwise very quiet Capitol Hill neighborhood.

“I want people to know that Capitol Hill is not the safe place you thought it was before,” he said. “I never thought I would be assaulted coming home from a teriyaki joint.”

Despite the traumatic experience, the victim said there was a silver lining: His “neutral” feelings about SPD completely shifted for the positive.

“The responding officers that came out that night were fantastic,” he said. “I totally felt that they got it and they cared about what they were doing.”

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Max
Max
8 years ago

Heart goes out.

c doom
8 years ago

There’s been assaults by people matching this description along Pike and Pine as well. I’m sure the police are aware, but there’s only so much that the police can do.

RWK
RWK
8 years ago

Obviously a hate crime, so I hope the perp is arrested and prosecuted under that statute, which carries a longer prison sentence than “ordinary” assault.

To the victim: hope you are healing….so sorry for what happened to you.

Sara Mae
Sara Mae
8 years ago

Last night 10-31-2015 I was attacked by two intoxicated men while walking on Pike and Bellevue. Before they got out of their car they were screaming “Cocksuckers!”

They first attacked a man, and then went after me. I ran into Bauhaus, and they went into Bauhaus, and attacked me.

The police caught the men though.

The Hill is not safe anymore….Queer people need to be careful…we’re not in Kansas anymore.

jseattle
Admin
8 years ago
Reply to  Sara Mae

Sorry to read this :( Can you tell us more about time to help pin down SPD report? [email protected]

Sara Mae
Sara Mae
8 years ago
Reply to  jseattle

It was aroun 10 pm. I was the second person attacked by the men, the first guy escaped, and ran away.

Joseph Mills
Joseph Mills
8 years ago

Living in Cap Hill is making me more pro-gun every time I read about another hate crime / assult.

Sara Mae
Sara Mae
8 years ago
Reply to  Joseph Mills

I get your knee-jerk reaction to what’s going on, and thinking about carrying a handgun.

I had a concealed carry permit, and carried for many years. The idea of shooting someone who is attacking you, or robbing you seems to make sense in the abstract.

I’ll say though, pulling your handgun out, and shooting someone is a whole other thing. I stopped carrying a handgun about 3 years ago, and feel pretty good about it, even after the incident I had the other night.

I did just start carrying pepper spray again though. If anyone has the urge to carry a handgun, I would recommend they consider other methods first. When you pull that trigger, it opens up a whole bunch of problems that may not be worth it.–you have a right to own, and carry a firearm….you also get to live with the potential but not likely aftermath of shooting someone and they either being critically injured or killed.

Take it easy.