Gay man left in critical condition, was brutallly beaten in Queens

An openly gay Queens man was clinging to life Sunday night after being brutally beaten by two hate - spewing attackers on a walk to a corner store, police and relatives said Sunday.

Banknote Price, 49, of College Point, who was set upon early Friday whereas he went for a pack of cigarettes, was animate through tubes Sunday credit the excessive worry unit at Booth Shrine Hospital.

" Gander what they did to him because he is gay, " Price ' s sister - in - law said, standing in his hospital room. " It is in God ' s hands right now. There is nothing more they can do for him. "

The 5 - foot - 6, 130 - pound man has been near death since Friday at 3 a. m. when two men jumped him outside a 24 - hour corner deli on College Point Blvd.

Police said Daniel Aleman, 26, and another thug beat Price as he left the store after buying a pack of cigarettes.

Price never hid his sexual orientation from neighbors. His relatives think the two hoodlums recognized him and then attacked outside the deli.

" They were walking in the store calling him a ' faggot, ' " said Price ' s sister - in - law, who asked not to be named.

Price told his family about the ordeal from his hospital bed Friday before losing consciousness.

The wanted suspect allegedly boasted during the attack that his father is a city prison guard and would protect him from arrest. " My father is a C. O. [correction officer], " he screamed, Price told relatives. " You will never do anything to us. "