{"id":304851,"date":"2026-07-24T16:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304851\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T16:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:21:13","slug":"cops-search-for-two-suspects-in-anti-lgbtq-attack-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304851\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops search for two suspects in anti-LGBTQ attack in the Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-at-11.58.36-AM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Bronx intersection where two suspects allegedly physically attacked an individual and voiced anti-LGBTQ remarks.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Bronx intersection where two suspects allegedly physically attacked an individual and voiced anti-LGBTQ remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Two individuals allegedly attacked a man at an intersection in the Highbridge section of the Bronx last month in an apparent fit of anti-LGBTQ rage, according to the NYPD.\n<\/p>\n<p>At around 7:30 p.m. on June 25 \u2014 three days before the annual NYC Pride March \u2014 the two men allegedly approached a 43-year-old man at the intersection of Elliot Place and Jerome Avenue, voiced anti-LGBTQ statements, pushed him, and then punched and kicked his body, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the pair allegedly hit the victim in the head and body with a blunt object before taking off on foot, police said.\n<\/p>\n<p>The man who was attacked was hospitalized at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition after sustaining what the NYPD described as serious physical injuries.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-64385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1863-26-Hate-Crime-Assault-44-Pct-06.25.26-individual-2-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"One of the individuals wanted by the NYPD for last month's alleged attack in the Bronx.\" width=\"258\" height=\"705\"\/>One of the individuals wanted by the NYPD for last month\u2019s alleged attack in the Bronx.NYPD<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-64386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RMA-1863-26-Hate-Crime-Assault-44-Pct-06.25.26-individual-1-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Another one of the two suspects wanted by the NYPD for last month's alleged anti-LGBTQ attack.\" width=\"314\" height=\"594\"  \/>Another one of the two suspects wanted by the NYPD for last month\u2019s alleged anti-LGBTQ attack.NYPD\n<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD\u2019s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the case as police search for the suspects, who were both described as males who were last seen wearing black T-shirts. One of the two individuals wore black pants and black sneakers, while the other had multicolored shorts and black shoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bronx intersection where two suspects allegedly physically attacked an individual and voiced anti-LGBTQ remarks. Google Maps &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-304851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}