Oregon man charged with hate crime in brutal beating of gay man searched Google for tips on how to get away with murder

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An Oregon man has been charged with a federal hate crime after using the internet to target and brutally assault a gay man because of his sexual orientation.

Daniel Andrew McGee, of Springfield, has been charged by criminal complaint with a hate crime. The complaint alleges that McGee attempted to kill the victim.

According to court documents, McGee and his victim met using Grindr, a social media and networking application designed for, and used primarily by, gay men. On July 5, after agreeing to meet, McGee entered his victim’s apartment and proceeded to assault the man with a wooden club over a period of several minutes. Despite the victim’s pleas for McGee to stop, McGee continued striking the man repeatedly in the head with the club. The victim sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital.

The Oregonian reported: The man suffered multiple cuts to the sides and back of his head and a large section of his scalp was missing, FBI agent Spencer Anderson wrote in the complaint.

McGee was in the apartment covered in blood, the complaint said. McGee told police he had met the man on the dating app and went to the stranger’s apartment “because he knew that demons would be there” and that his nightmares told him he needed to kill the man, the complaint said.

McGee, according to the FBI agent, told officers he struck the man with a tire thumper and his fists because he intended to “slay” him and “get rid of him,” the complaint said. A tire thumper is used by truck drivers to check tire pressure and looks like a mini baseball bat.


Further investigation revealed that, in the weeks leading up to the attack, McGee used the internet to search for and view graphically violent anti-gay material, including videos of anti-gay attacks. McGee also used the internet to plan the assault, purchasing the weapon and other materials online. In addition, McGee searched online for suggestions about how to get away with murder and how murderers avoid getting caught.

On Nov. 15, McGee was arrested by the FBI and made his initial appearance in federal court before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. He was ordered detained pending further court proceedings.

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