LAPD Investigating Alleged Hate Crime in Hancock Park

Police are investigating an attack on an openly gay homeless man in Hancock Park as a hate crime.

As of Friday evening, the victim was in critical condition after a man reportedly attacked him on a sidewalk in the 100 block of North Mansfield Avenue early (map) Friday morning.

The incident went down at about 12:50 a.m., when the victim told his aggressor that he was gay, homeless and had AIDS, said Richard French with LAPD.

That’s when the man, who police say they do not have a description of, uttered gay slurs and struck the victim, punching and kicking him, French told NBC4 News.

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