City Paper's Jason Cherkis wrote this week's cover story on David Kerstetter, the gay Logan Circle man shot by D.C. police on Nov. 5. The story details Kerstetter's mental illness, addiction to crystal meth, loss of his partner, Paul Brazitis, suicide attempts, and death by multiple gunshot wounds from D.C. police. Writes Cherkis: "What’s unlikely [...]
Last night, a commenter on this blog made the connection between a Washington Blade story identifying the victim of yesterday's police shooting as David Kerstetter, and a 2003 Metro Weekly feature which highlighted the home Kerstetter shared with his now-deceased partner, Paul Brazitis. Kerstetter was shot and killed by police yesterday inside the condo—part [...]
The man shot by D.C. police in his home this morning was gay and "had been suffering from bipolar disorder and had become severely depressed when his domestic partner died last year," an unidentified neighbor told Lou Chibbaro Jr. of the Washington Blade. Chabbaro reported more information on the police shooting this afternoon:
