New Bedford celebrates gay pride
NEW BEDFORD, Mass.-More than two years after a hatchet-and-gun attack inside a gay bar in New Bedford, an advocacy group has hosted what it says is the city's first public gay pride event.
The event Sunday drew more than 250 people and was sponsored by SouthCoast Equality.
In February 2006, 18-year-old Jacob Robida attacked three male patrons of Puzzles Lounge, a gay bar in New Bedford that has since closed, with a hatchet and then opened fire with a handgun.
He fled to Arkansas, where he killed a police officer and a West Virginia woman who was in his car. He then shot himself during a gunfight with Arkansas police.
Two New York filmmakers planning a documentary on the Puzzles rampage were among those attending Sunday's celebration.
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