The shooting came one week after members of Roanoke’s gay andlesbian community held a gay pride festival. She said policefound a 9 mm pistol in a trash can near the bar. Officers found Gay walking down a street about two blocks fromthe Backstreet Cafe and arrested him, Alley said.
One person gave the man directions and then called police, whoarrived at the Backstreet Cafe shortly after the shooting.
