Joseph Chase
Dallas Police Department Homicide Det. Derick Chaney is asking for the public’s help as he investigates the death of of a 54-year-old gay man assaulted early Saturday morning, Sept. 25.
Chaney said that Joseph Chase was beaten up by two men about 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of Cedar Springs Road and Throckmorton Street. Chaney said Chase was found unconscious on the sidewalk outside JR.’s Bar and Grill. He was taken by ambulance to a Dallas hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Chaney said detectives have video footage from nearby surveillance cameras that show Chase being assaulted by two unidentified men. He said the video also shows that several other people passed by during the assault and shortly afterward, and he hopes that one or more of those individuals will come forward with information that could help identify the assailants.
“The people passing by probably just thought they were seeing a fight. They probably had no idea this man was being assaulted and that he died as a result of this,” Chaney said. “We want to reach out to these people and hopefully get some information that will help us solve this homicide.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Chaney at 214-671-3650.
