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QUESTIONED THE COUPLE THAT
OWNS IT.
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND
NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY.
>>> ANOTHER APPARENT GAY
BASHING INCIDENT THIS ONE IN
BROOKLYN.
>> AND IN THIS CASE, ARRESTS
WERE MADE AT THE SCENE.
THE VICTIM TELLS CBS 2'S JOHN
SLATTERY WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: 25-YEAR-OLD KEVIN
KEYIOTTY A FREELANCE MAKEUP
ARTIST SAYS IT'S A RELIEF
ARRESTS WERE MADE AND THAT HE
WASN'T MORE SERIOUSLY HURT.
>> I'M APPALLED.
I'M IN AWE.
I REALLY JUST WANT MY STORY TO
BE TOLD BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY
THAT DEAL WITH STUFF LIKE
THIS.
>> Reporter: HIS STORY
HAPPENED WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN
PROSPECTS PARK, BROOKLYN,
WHERE HE AND A FRIEND
ENCOUNTERED A GROUP OF AT
LEAST FOUR TEENS WHO APPEARED
TO BE INTOXICATED.
AS A GESTURE OF KINDNESS, HE
SAYS HE OFFERED ONE OF THEM A
BOTTLE OF SODA.
>> HE WAS A HOT HEAD.
AND HE JUMPED INTO MY FACE.
HE STARTED, UHM, SAYING ANTI-
GAY SLURS.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT ONE
TOOK ON A FIGHTING STANCE AND
HE TOLD THEM THEY SHOULD BACK
AWAY.
>> WHEN I SAID THAT, THE ONE
THAT WAS REALLY INTOXICATED
JUMPED INTO MY FACE WANTED I'M
GOING TO DO THIS TO YOU AND
THIS AND THAT AND I WAS LIKE
OH, GOSH.
SO I WENT INTO MY BAG AND I
PULLED OUT MY BOTTLE OF
PERFUME TO IMITATE PEPPER
SPRAY.
>> Reporter: HE SUFFERED
BRUISES TO HIS SIDES AND CUTS
TO HIS HAND.
>> ONE OF THE DUDES TRIED TO
KICK ME IN THE FACE BUT JUST
MISSED AND HE GOT ME IN MY
SHOULDER.
>> Reporter: THE VICTIM SAYS
HE WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY DIAL
911 ON HIS PHONE AND HAND IT
TO A BYSTANDER BUT POLICE WHO
WERE NEARBY WERE ALREADY
RESPONDING TAKING FOUR INTO
CUSTODY.
THOSE ARRESTED RANGED IN AGE
FROM 13 TO 18 CHARGED WITH
GANG ASSAULT AND AGGRAVATED
HARASSMENT AS A HATE CRIME.
IN PROSPECT PARK, JOHN
SLATTERY, CBS 2 NEWS.