D.C. police introduced on June 16 that they’ve arrested a 13-year-old juvenile male on a cost of Assault With Important Bodily Damage for allegedly throwing a rock via the window of a home in Northeast D.C. and “placing the sufferer within the face.”
In a press release asserting the arrest, police stated the incident happened on Friday, June 6, and “LGBTQ+ flags have been displayed on the entrance of the house.”
A separate D.C. police incident report obtained by the Washington Blade states, “Sufferer 1 reviews he was sitting in his front room on the listed location watching tv when a rock got here via the entrance window and struck him about his left eye. Sufferer 1 suffered a laceration below his left eye.”
The report provides, “Sufferer 1 states he noticed Suspect 1 working away.”
In accordance with the June 16 assertion issued by police, “On Sunday, June 15, 2025, officers positioned the suspect and positioned him below arrest. [A] 13-year-old juvenile male of Northeast D.C., was charged with Assault With Important Bodily Damage (Hate/Bias).”
The assertion says the home the place the incident occurred is positioned on the 400 block of twentieth Avenue, N.E.
Just like statements D.C. police have issued concerning LGBTQ bias-related instances previously, the assertion asserting this case says that whereas the case is being investigated as being doubtlessly motivated by hate or bias, that designation might be modified at any time throughout the investigation.
It provides {that a} hate crime designation by D.C. police might not be prosecuted as a hate crime by prosecutors. Below D.C. regulation, juvenile instances are prosecuted by the Workplace of the D.C. Lawyer Basic.
Since court docket information for instances involving juveniles are sealed from public entry, the Blade couldn’t instantly decide whether or not prosecutors designated the case as a hate crime.
It additionally couldn’t instantly be decided if the juvenile charged within the case was being held in detention whereas awaiting trial at juvenile court docket or whether or not he was launched to a guardian or guardian and whether or not a decide set any circumstances for launch.
The police assertion concludes by saying that the division’s Particular Liaison Department, which incorporates the LGBT Liaison Unit, is aiding with the investigation.
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