Juvenile arrested in case of anti-gay attack at 14th & U McDonald’s
D.C. police on Nov. 6 announced they had arrested one day earlier a 16-year-old juvenile male in connection with the Oct. 27 incident in which as many as 15 men and women allegedly assaulted a gay man at the McDonald’s restaurant at 14th and U Streets, N.W., with some of them shouting an anti-gay slur.
A police statement says the 16-year-old, a resident of Northwest D.C., was arrested Nov. 5 and charged with Assault With Significant Bodily Injury.
Under longstanding law enforcement policy, police do not release the names of juveniles under the age of 18 who are arrested unless a decision is made by prosecutors to charge the juvenile as an adult.
The arrest came several hours after police on the same day released photos of seven suspects linked to the McDonald’s incident.
