He told police he chased after the attackers and told them to wait for police to arrive, but they surrounded him and knocked him down.Ĭharged in the attack are Juan Carlos Lopez, 21, Luis M. The Miami Herald reports Helmut Muller tried to help the victims. The victims told investigators they were holding hands after leaving a bathroom area along the city’s busy Ocean Avenue on Sunday when the men approached, calling them an anti-gay slur in Spanish and attacking them physically.Ī good Samaritan who tried to intervene also was attacked, Miami Beach police said.
One of the men was briefly knocked out, an arrest report said. The beating left the victims with multiple cuts and bruises. The suspects surrendered to police Tuesday afternoon, after surveillance video captured them punching two men in the face and knocking them to the ground. Four men could be charged with a hate crime after being accused of shouting anti-gay slurs while attacking two men following Miami Beach’s gay pride parade.
