This Thug Gouged Eyes Out of Gay Young Man
Daniel Andrew McGee | Mugshot John Russell LGBTQ Nation An Oregon man was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison this week for the near-fatal assault of a gay man in 2021. Then-22-year-old Daniel McGee was charged with a federal hate crime in November 2021 after authorities said he savagely beat a gay man he met via Grindr the previous July. According to local CBS affiliate KOIN, court documents indicate McGee used the app to target his victim, claiming he was only 18 and insisting the two meet alone. The two agreed to meet at the victim’s apartment on July 5, 2021, and once there, McGee beat the man in the head with a tire thumper — a wooden club similar to a billy club — and attempted to gouge out his eyes with his hands, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon. KOIN reports that multiple people called 911, telling dispatchers they could hear someone screaming for help. When police arrived at the sc...
