Sources say the suspect in a case where a man died in a fight on the way a D.C. gay bar pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and avoided what could have been a significant jail sentence Thursday. Even though Tony Hunter’s murder was initially investigated as a hate crime, it was never officially declared in court. On Thursday, the 18-year-old charged with the crime pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. “He should serve time for it,” said a woman. District resident Robert Hannah was arrested just weeks after the fatal beating last September. Thirty-seven-year-old Hunter was one of two gay men attacked by Hannah and three others. The victims were headed to a bar, formerly known as the Be Bar that caters to the gay community.

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