Hate crime? Police say attack may have been a gay-bashing incident

Police say a 50-year-old man was critically injured in an attack with a bottle outside a Salt Lake City lounge and gym that reputedly caters to the gay community — and that may make it a hate crime case.

The victim told police that he left the 14th Street Gym, near 1400 West and 200 South, after midnight early Wednesday.

As he was waiting for a cab ride, the man said someone walked up behind him, swore at him, used a derogatory sexual-orientation slur and hit him over the top of the head with a bottle, police said.

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Salt Lake Tribune, United States -