D.C. police arrest two juveniles for robbery of gay man who died
D.C. police announced they have arrested two teenage boys, 14 and 16 years old, in connection with the Oct. 27 robbery of gay DJ and hairstylist Bryan Smith, who died 11 days later on Nov.
7 from fatal head injuries that police have yet to definitively link to the robbery. D.C. Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith announced the arrests at a Nov.
15 press conference held at the intersection of Vermont Avenue and U Street, N.W., near where police detectives believe the two juvenile suspects targeted Smith and other victims in three separate robbery related incidents. “We are here today to announce the arrest of two suspects responsible for a series of robberies in this community on Sunday, Oct.
27, including the robbery of 39-year-old Bryan Smith, who was walking home in the 500 block of T Street, N.W.,” Smith told the press conference. “On behalf of the Metropolitan Police Department as well as myself, I send my deepest condolences to Mr.
