Homeless Gay Man Killed

Police are investigating an attack on an openly gay homeless man in Hancock Park as a hate crime.

As of Friday evening, the victim was in critical condition after a man reportedly attacked him on a sidewalk in the 100 block of North Mansfield Avenue early Friday morning.

The incident went down at about 12:50 a.m., when the victim told his aggressor that he was gay, homeless and had AIDS, said Richard French with LAPD.

That’s when the man, who police say they do not have a description of, uttered gay slurs and struck the victim, punching and kicking him, French told NBC4 News.

This is all that is known outside of the LAPD. Will post as anything else comes out. Wether the man is homeless or coming home from work, the fact that he might be gay and may be with AIDS does not give anyone the right to kill that person.  The hate crimes laws applies to this case as to any other involving hate crime.

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