Gay man found unconscious near D.C. gay bar dies
D.C. police have confirmed that a gay man who worked as a hairstylist and a DJ and who was found unconscious about 5 a.m. Sunday, Oct.
27, at the intersection of 5th and T Streets, N.W. near the gay bar Uproar has died. Friends who knew the victim, Bryan Smith, stated in a GoFundMe message seeking support for his medical expenses that he was hospitalized for a severe head injury.
His family members told Fox 5 News that he was in a coma. A D.C. police spokesperson confirmed that Smith died on Nov. 7 and the cause and circumstances surrounding his death were pending with the Northern Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office. “Once we have more information, we’ll be putting that out,” D.C.
police spokesperson Thomas Lynch told the Washington Blade. The information released by D.C police indicates Smith at some point was transferred from a D.C.
