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A scare is spreading through the gay community in New York City as more attacks are being discovered. NYC is one of the most LGBTQ+-friendly cities in the world, so this is particularly alarming. Please stay safe and take extra precautions. 

            
                “My latest: there is a killer, or maybe more than one, stalking gay bars in NYC. At least 2 men were drugged, robbed using their phone’s facial recognition tech, and killed. 

More survived similar attacks, most recently on Nov 12. I spoke to 6 survivors. https://t.co/cpxJG0UF32”
            
            
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                “Gay New Yorkers are coming forward for the first time with accounts that share notable similarities to the unexplained deaths this spring of Julio Ramirez, 25 and John Umberger, 33.

For @NBCNews/@NBCOUT 

https://t.co/RXSPXCvMTN”
            
            
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                “Reporters @OfficialJValle and @mattlavietes at @NBCNews have been reporting on gay men in NYC being drugged and in some cases killed since May. Read up:

https://t.co/by3zmN9QS3

https://t.co/QHhT5GSjse

https://t.co/p2u5KO7NoI”
            
            
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A scare is spreading through the gay community in New York City as more attacks are being discovered. NYC is one of the most LGBTQ+-friendly cities in the world, so this is particularly alarming. Please stay safe and take extra precautions.

“My latest: there is a killer, or maybe more than one, stalking gay bars in NYC. At least 2 men were drugged, robbed using their phone’s facial recognition tech, and killed. More survived similar attacks, most recently on Nov 12. I spoke to 6 survivors. https://t.co/cpxJG0UF32”

1670084987

“Gay New Yorkers are coming forward for the first time with accounts that share notable similarities to the unexplained deaths this spring of Julio Ramirez, 25 and John Umberger, 33. For @NBCNews/@NBCOUT https://t.co/RXSPXCvMTN”

1668816232

“Reporters @OfficialJValle and @mattlavietes at @NBCNews have been reporting on gay men in NYC being drugged and in some cases killed since May. Read up: https://t.co/by3zmN9QS3 https://t.co/QHhT5GSjse https://t.co/p2u5KO7NoI”

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“My latest: there is a killer, or maybe more than one, stalking gay bars in NYC. At least 2 men were drugged, robbed using their phone’s facial recognition tech, and killed. More survived similar attacks, most recently on Nov 12. I spoke to 6 survivors. https://t.co/cpxJG0UF32”

“Gay New Yorkers are coming forward for the first time with accounts that share notable similarities to the unexplained deaths this spring of Julio Ramirez, 25 and John Umberger, 33. For @NBCNews/@NBCOUT https://t.co/RXSPXCvMTN”

“Reporters @OfficialJValle and @mattlavietes at @NBCNews have been reporting on gay men in NYC being drugged and in some cases killed since May. Read up: https://t.co/by3zmN9QS3 https://t.co/QHhT5GSjse https://t.co/p2u5KO7NoI”

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“My latest: there is a killer, or maybe more than one, stalking gay bars in NYC. At least 2 men were drugged, robbed using their phone’s facial recognition tech, and killed. More survived similar attacks, most recently on Nov 12. I spoke to 6 survivors. https://t.co/cpxJG0UF32”

“Gay New Yorkers are coming forward for the first time with accounts that share notable similarities to the unexplained deaths this spring of Julio Ramirez, 25 and John Umberger, 33. For @NBCNews/@NBCOUT https://t.co/RXSPXCvMTN”

“Reporters @OfficialJValle and @mattlavietes at @NBCNews have been reporting on gay men in NYC being drugged and in some cases killed since May. Read up: https://t.co/by3zmN9QS3 https://t.co/QHhT5GSjse https://t.co/p2u5KO7NoI”

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