Yes. It seems to have been a business conflict, since that was why the victim had been in town. I saw somewhere that they had worked together or been involved in a business deal together, and the victim was in town to attend a tech conference where he knew a lot of the people.
BTW, for the sheltered folk among us, getting back at 2:30 am after a conference, dinner and the “after party” is not unusual and does not indicate that the participants are gay.
As usual, our FReepers are coming out of the woodwork to blame the victim.
This started with, “well, he deserved it for being out on the street at that time” to now saying he deserved it because their “gaydar” is going off.
Nobody deserves it, and the streets of any city should be safe enough to walk on at any hour of the day or night (they were when I was growing up in NYC). And as for the gay stuff, he was stabbed by a tech bro driving him home, and even if he was gay, he didn’t deserve it...and it shows how completely unhinged things have become nowadays.
Everybody is in a constant state of rage, and that’s not normal.
I have been to many professional conferences with days that included dinners and “after parties”. Back in the hotel by 1130 —
People that go to those things and stay out partying until 4 hours before the next day’s agenda gets rolling are known at such things — known as PUTZES and LOSERS.
A dude in his 20’s showing up in a “look what the cat dragged in” state at day 2 of the conference gets laughed at. The guy doing that in his 30’s and 40’s gets asked “WTH is wrong with you?” usually before a suggestion that a resignation would make things easier for everyone...
These were not choirboys, although I suspect one was trying to convince the other one to pretend like he was for a few minutes...
“BTW, for the sheltered folk among us, getting back at 2:30 am after a conference, dinner and the “after party” is not unusual and does not indicate that the participants are gay.”
I have to agree with you about conclusion jumping. Remember the Paul Pelosi case where many of us, myself included, speculated about a gay hookup gone bad, when Pual turned out to be an innocent old man who was nearly murdered by an intruder.