The Fireplace is a cozy Washington D.C. gay bar where locals regularly gather for low-key fun. It’s also the site of a weekend stabbing that injured three people, and the attacker (or attackers) remain at large.
The Washington Blade reports that the suspects and their victims got into a verbal dispute on the bar’s second floor at 1:42 a.m. on Sunday night. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), “One suspect brandished a knife and stabbed three victims. The suspects then fled the scene.”
Luckily, the three victims went into a local hospital and received treatment for non-life threatening injuries. But the actual attackers remain at large. A nearby camera caught footage of three men believed to be suspects, but police are asking for citizens to help identify these men and provide additional information by calling 202-727-9099 or texting the MPD’s Text Tip Line at 50411.
Here are images of the three men wanted in connection with the stabbing:
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This stabbing occurred the same night as a brutal gay bashing of a 21-year-old D.C. resident named Braden Brecht. Brecht’s boyfriend Carl Craven said that while heading to the gay sports bar Nellie’s, “A few guys started yelling ‘f*ggot’ at [Brecht] and started to swing at him.”
Craven continued, “Next thing you know there was literally a mob of 15 guys beating him. They came out of nowhere and I was powerless to stop them…. I don’t remember how long they kept beating him for.”
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Craven says all he could do was jump on Brecht to try protect him and scream for help. The assailants stole Brecht’s phone and Craven’s wallet, chipping Brecht’s tooth and tearing his lip.
While the MPD has arrested three teens in connection with the attack and charged them with robbery by force and violence, the 12 other attackers remain at large.
And this is only the latest attack as at least four gay men were attacked in D.C. during 2018 and two trans women were murdered near D.C.’s border earlier this year.
Cam
DC has hate crimes legislation, why weren’t the teens also charged with that?
Chrisk
Looks like they have some decent pics of the phycho’s at least.
Jared MacBride
The Fireplace is NOT a “cozy bar where people go to have low key fun. It’s a dump where people go to sell and buy drugs.
CenterRight
If it is indeed a sleazy gay bar, people who frequent the bar are probably there for some illegal and shady business. No sympathy here.
Cam
@CenterRight
You said…..
“people who frequent the bar are probably there for some illegal and shady business. No sympathy here.”
So because people were in that gay bar they deserved to be stabbed? Thanks for showing exactly who the people on the right are.
Aries3dc
Right, because nobody buys/sells drugs in any of the other DC gay bars!? Girl, bye!
Goforit
You are absolutely correct Cam. Trump, the entire republican party and anyone that continues to support the Pig in Chief are not “Center Right”. They are “Fascist Right”.
Kangol2
I hope the catch the suspects quickly. Also, are the two photos on the right of the same person? #2 has a very similar face to #3, and they’re wearing almost matching outfits, from the cutoff shirt to the belt to the sneakers. Is a correct photo of the 3rd suspect missing?
handy69
DC was a really nice place for Gay people, once upon a time. But, now we a racist homophobic thief as president. It still is NOT my president, the A__Hole!
lord.krath
How sad. Not just for us (gays), but also for our children and modern civilization in general. 🙁
whitakerk861
“Here are images of the three men.” It’s the same guy in all three pics. WTF Queerty reporter? He’ll be found. Queer Eye couldn’t grow him a full head of hair.
Goforit
Now now whitakerk861. Don’t get your panties in a wad. I’ll admit that I could not pick any one of them out of a police lineup. (Birds of a feather and all that) But at least the perp in pic #1 is wearing shorts and a different tee shirt.