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NYPD Investigating Possible Anti-Gay Assault In Jane Hotel Elevator
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 3, 2016
Modified Nov 3, 2016
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Partiers at a West Village hotel assaulted a man in an elevator while yelling anti-gay slurs last weekend.
The incident occurred at 1 a.m. at the Jane Hotel on October 30th during the hotel's "Halloween at the Jane Hotel Ballroom" party.
A 36-year-old man was in an elevator when, the NYPD says, one person in a large group "made an anti-gay statement towards the victim. One of the individuals then punched the victim, while another kicked the victim in the face."
The victim suffered a laceration to his forehead and went to Mount Sinai for treatment.
The suspects, described as five males and two females, around 20-30 years old, fled. Here's video of the suspects in costumes:
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782)
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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