PENNSYLVANIA
WPVI
Three people will be charged in an attack on a gay couple in Center City Philadelphia.
The accused are Philip Williams, 24, Kevin Harrigan, 26, and Katherine Knott, 24, all of Bucks County, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.
Arrest warrants have been approved for the three suspects. The suspects are expected to surrender at some point on Wednesday.
Each will be charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and criminal conspiracy.
However, as previously reported, the suspects cannot be charged with a hate crime under Pennsylvania law. Earlier Tuesday, gay rights supporters turned out in force in Harrisburg to push for a major change in Pennsylvania’s hate crime law. …
Also last week, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia released a statement acknowledging that several former students of the Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster, many 2007 graduates, are suspected in the attack.
One of the persons of interest questioned was an assistant basketball coach at Archbishop Wood High School. He resigned because of his alleged involvement, but he is not one of the three involved in teh crime.
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