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Metro Transit Police investigating report of man being beaten, called anti-gay slurs on DC Metro
Last edited Mon Dec 14, 2015, 04:19 PM - Edit history (1)
Police seek ‘person of interest’ in case where man was attacked, called anti-gay slurs on Green Line train
By Faiz Siddiqui December 10
@faizsays
Police are searching for a woman in the attack that left a Gaithersburg man hospitalized. (Photo: Metro Transit Police)
Metro Transit Police are searching for a person of interest in a Nov. 22 attack aboard a Green Line train
Metro Transit Police investigating report of man being beaten, called anti-gay slurs on train
The woman, pictured in a pink sweatshirt, is suspected in the attack and robbery that left a man hospitalized with head trauma last month. A Gaithersburg man said Wednesday that his longtime partner was viciously attacked and called anti-gay slurs aboard the train as the operator ignored repeated calls for help.
Police believe the woman listed as a person of interest frequents the area of the Minnesota Avenue Metro station.
A police report obtained Wednesday said an attacker approached the victim, Joseph Cowart, and proceeded to “punch and kick” him in “the right temple, both knees, right shin and left ribs,” causing abrasions. Cowart had attempted to intervene in the robbery of a 14-year-old boy, Metro said. The attackers called the 43-year-old man anti-gay slurs, according to his longtime partner.
Those with information on the woman pictured are advised to call Metro Transit Police at 202-962-2121.
By Faiz Siddiqui December 10
@faizsays
Police are searching for a woman in the attack that left a Gaithersburg man hospitalized. (Photo: Metro Transit Police)
Metro Transit Police are searching for a person of interest in a Nov. 22 attack aboard a Green Line train
Metro Transit Police investigating report of man being beaten, called anti-gay slurs on train
The woman, pictured in a pink sweatshirt, is suspected in the attack and robbery that left a man hospitalized with head trauma last month. A Gaithersburg man said Wednesday that his longtime partner was viciously attacked and called anti-gay slurs aboard the train as the operator ignored repeated calls for help.
Police believe the woman listed as a person of interest frequents the area of the Minnesota Avenue Metro station.
A police report obtained Wednesday said an attacker approached the victim, Joseph Cowart, and proceeded to “punch and kick” him in “the right temple, both knees, right shin and left ribs,” causing abrasions. Cowart had attempted to intervene in the robbery of a 14-year-old boy, Metro said. The attackers called the 43-year-old man anti-gay slurs, according to his longtime partner.
Those with information on the woman pictured are advised to call Metro Transit Police at 202-962-2121.
December 9, 2015 at 11:03 am EST | by Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Gay couple beaten, robbed on Metro by youth gang
A gay man said he and his partner were beaten and robbed on a Green Line Metro train shortly after 1 a.m. on Nov. 22 by as many as a dozen or more teenagers during a harrowing ride in which the train conductor ignored their pleas over an emergency call box to stop the train and call police.
Gaithersburg, Md., resident Calvin Lawrence, 48, and his partner Joseph Cowart, 43, feared for their lives as the youths menaced them and other passengers while the train conductor continued to operate the train “as if nothing had happened” for at least four stops between the Fort Totten and Shaw-Howard University stations, Lawrence said.
Although the train stopped at each of the stations, Lawrence said the conductor quickly closed the doors and continued moving the train to the next station instead of waiting for police to arrive as Lawrence said he urged the conductor to do over the emergency intercom system.
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Lawrence said he was especially concerned because Cowart had suffered a stroke 10 years ago due to a ruptured blood vessel in the left side of his brain near where the attackers were hitting him in the head.
Gay couple beaten, robbed on Metro by youth gang
A gay man said he and his partner were beaten and robbed on a Green Line Metro train shortly after 1 a.m. on Nov. 22 by as many as a dozen or more teenagers during a harrowing ride in which the train conductor ignored their pleas over an emergency call box to stop the train and call police.
Gaithersburg, Md., resident Calvin Lawrence, 48, and his partner Joseph Cowart, 43, feared for their lives as the youths menaced them and other passengers while the train conductor continued to operate the train “as if nothing had happened” for at least four stops between the Fort Totten and Shaw-Howard University stations, Lawrence said.
Although the train stopped at each of the stations, Lawrence said the conductor quickly closed the doors and continued moving the train to the next station instead of waiting for police to arrive as Lawrence said he urged the conductor to do over the emergency intercom system.
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Lawrence said he was especially concerned because Cowart had suffered a stroke 10 years ago due to a ruptured blood vessel in the left side of his brain near where the attackers were hitting him in the head.
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