Police shoot gay man in Logan Circle condo building [video]
””I heard put the knife down, put the knife down, David, and then I heard gunshots.”
Harry Boyd, the building manager of a Logan Circle condo where police shot a gay man, David Kerstetter, who was allegedly wielding a knife when they arrived because a report of his door being kicked in. Neighbors are quoted as saying Brazitis became severely depressed after his partner died last year and that he had some history of emotional issues including an earlier suicide attempt in the building’s garage. (WJLA) The home of Kerstetter and his late partner, Paul Brazitis, was featured in Metro Weekly’s Environs in 2003.
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