2nd Suspect in Gay Bashing Returns to New York

A second man accused of beating an openly gay man into a coma on a street in Queens has been returned to New York City Wednesday night after being arrested in Norfolk, Virginia, late Tuesday.

Police say Daniel Rodriguez, 21, and Daniel Aleman, 26, are seen in surveillance video taken last Thursday pummeling Jack Price, 49.  Rodriguez was taken into custody at a relative's home.

Rodriguez's sister tells Fox 5 News that her brother is not anti-gay.

Earlier Tuesday, Aleman was arraigned on a charge of assault as a hate crimes. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. A telephone call to his attorney was not immediately returned.

Investigators say the two Queens men taunted Price and yelled anti-gay slurs before punching and kicking him last Thursday after he left a 24-hour deli near his home.

Price suffered a fractured jaw and ribs, the collapse of both of his lungs, and a lacerated spleen.