By Bay City News.
Redwood City police arrested a man Monday on suspicion of a hate crime for violently assaulting a person while making homophobic slurs.
At around 1:38 p.m., Cipriano Munoz, 43, a Redwood City resident, was allegedly loitering and drinking in the area of 4th Avenue and Spring Street when he homophobically insulted a man and then punched him in the face multiple times, to later attack him in the neck with an aluminum tube.
Police said the pipe was part of a crutch that belonged to someone else.
The man suffered minor injuries to his face and neck but refused medical attention, police said.
Muñoz was arrested and jailed on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and a felony hate crime.
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