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Friday, July 18, 2008
or assisted in the following cases. The GLLU assists in a wide variety of cases and its involvement does not imply any person is gay or transgender.
• On July 13 at approximately 4:20 a.m., three gay men left a social gathering in an Adams Morgan apartment and walked to the Pizza Mart (2400 block of 18th Street, N.W.). While inside the business, the three men were confronted by a group of five black males, who began to verbally berate them and make homophobic remarks about their appearance. The three men made their purchases and departed. Within minutes, in the 1800 block of Kalorama Road, N.W., the three men were approached from behind by the same group of five black males. The suspects continued to verbally berate the group and hurl homophobic epithets. The group of five black males then physically attacked the three men. Two of the victims were taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The suspects are described as black males, in their late teens or early 20s. One of the males was wearing a black baseball cap, white tank top T-shirt and blue jeans. They were last seen fleeing on foot toward Columbia Road, N.W. This crime is being investigated as a potential hate/bias crime.
• On July 13 at approximately 12:30 a.m., members of the First District were dispatched to the area of 3rd and L Streets, N.E., for a call for a theft. Upon arrival, they were met by the victim, a cab driver from Anne Arundel County who advised he had picked up two transgender females in Anne Arundel County and transported both to D.C. Upon arriving in D.C., the fares fled the cab without paying. Officers were able to locate one of the two suspects and arrest her. The other suspect escaped. She was charged with Theft of Services and Possession of an Open Container of Alcohol. Members of the GLLU ensured the arrestee was detained appropriately, as per MPDC’s General Order regarding the handling of transgender prisoners.
• On July 13, 2008, at approximately noon, members of the First District were called to an apartment in the 700 block of 7th Street, S.W., for a deceased person. On the scene, members found the body of Matthew S. Pizzi, age 43, with no signs of life. Members of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch responded and determined there were no signs of obvious foul play. The case is pending a final autopsy by the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia.
Anyone who has been the victim of a crime or has knowledge of a crime is encouraged to contact the GLLU on its 24-hour pager at 1-877-495-5995. Visit the GLLU online at www.gllu.org.
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