Officers attempted to interview the victim who appeared to be highly intoxicated but he insisted on leaving the area because “he was afraid to be seen speaking with the Police.” The victim also said the suspects were “Somalian, like him,” according to the SPD report. “He kept telling me how Somalian men don’t like gay people,” the officer noted.

Away from the scene, the victim told police he was at the Shell station at the corner of Pike and Broadway when he was approached by the two suspects who asked him for a cigarette. When the victim told said he didn’t have any, the suspect allegedly asked the victim if he was gay. The victim told police he answered yes. One suspect then called the victim “an abomination to Allah,” the victim told police. The victim said the suspects then started chasing him before catching up with him at Broadway and Pine where they beat him and grabbed his wallet.

Police searched the area for the suspects described as a black male with a stocky build, around 5’7″ and 170 pounds, with black, shoulder-length hair in cornrows, and wearing a red sweatshirt and a second black male described only as around 5’9″. The suspects were not immediately found.

The victim was transported to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.