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Police search for suspects in hate crime pipe attack-S.F.
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Police search for suspects in hate crime pipe attack
February 26, 2:30 PM - SF Crime Examiner - Thomas Pendergast
The San Francisco Police Department released images and information
Friday in an effort to identify two suspects in a Jan. 31, 2010 attack
that authorities are describing as a hate-crime assault on a
transgender female and a male friend.
[Photos: Images of suspects released by the San Francisco Police Department]
A press release by the SFPD reports that on Jan. 31, 2010, and about 2
a.m., a transgender female and her male companion went to eat at a
restaurant on the 3000 block of 16th Street in San Francisco.
Two suspects started to harass the transgender female and one of the
suspects took a swing at her. The male friend of the victim then
defended her and the fight was broken up by the restaurant owner.
When the victims stepped outside the restaurant at about 2:35 a.m. and
tried to hail a taxi cab, the suspects from the earlier fight ran up
behind the victims and yelled "remember me now?!" and then started
beating them both with a chrome pipe, causing both victims to lose
consciousness. The suspects fled on foot westbound on 16th Street to
Northbound on Guerrero Street.
Both victims were transported to the ER.
The SFPD is asking for the public's assistance in the investigation by
identifying the suspects in the photos and contacting the police.
The first suspect is described by investigators as a Latino male, 5'6"
tall at 150 lbs., black hair, tar marks on his lower teeth. He was
last seen wearing a black button-up dress shirt and black pants.
The second suspect is also described by investigators as a Latino
male, 5'6" tall at 150 lbs., black hair, last seen wearing a black
coat, dress shirt, dark pants, black glasses with thick frames.
Anyone with knowledge about the identity of the suspects is asked to
call the SFPD Hate Crimes Unit at 415-553-9163 or SFPD Operation
Center (after hours) at 415-553-1071 or the anonymous tip line at
415-575-4444 or SFPD Text-A-Tip at 847411 type: SFPD + msg and
reference SFPD case no. 100 100 990.
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