Watch: Video Shows Suspect Under Arrest after Alleged Anti-Gay Attack in Albuquerque

Just-released video documents the arrest of a suspect in Albuquerque, New Mexico last Father's Day after an alleged attack on a gay couple who were on an outing with their daughter.

A report on local news channel KOB-4 recounted that married couple Michael Drennan and Matthew Kisner, along with their daughter, were visiting New Mexico's capitol city, Santa Fe, which is located 64 miles from Albuquerque, when they decided to take local train service Rail Runner to the state's most populous city in order to visit Rail Yards Market, a seasonal farmers' market that offers fresh produce as well as crafts.

"The idea was to have a nice Father's Day outing with one of my daughters and my husband," Drennan told the news channel. "Because there's two fathers in our family, it's kind of a big day for us."

But when the family stepped off the train, they were allegedly accosted by a 26-year-old homeless man named Jordan Salazar. According to the family, Salazar began following them, harassing them, hurling anti-gay slurs, and questioning why they were walking with their daughter.

As the family sought to get away from him, they say, Salazar's aggression turned into physical violence. They alleged he struck one of the fathers in the head with a metal pole.

The family called 911, the news report said.

"This homeless guy like attacked us," Kisner reportedly told the 911 dispatcher in the call. "He hit us with a pole. He's following us. He's aggressive. He's cursing, he's screaming, my daughter's scared."

Recalling the moment, Drennan told KOB, "My husband who's on the phone talking to the police, or the 911 dispatcher is kind of relaying to them the things that he's saying. And at that point, my husband saying, you know, 'He's calling us faggots,' you know, 'he wants to try and figure out why two men are with my daughter.'"

Anti-gay rhetoric over the last year or so has pushed the claim that LGBTQ+ people are "groomers" who endanger children. Even as homophobic pundits and influencers have peddled the baseless slander, anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes, already rising in the U.S., have soared.

Now, body camera footage from one of the police officers shows that Salazar was not unknown to police; in fact, one of the officers had recently arrested him.

"Jordan what's going on bro?" the officer asked as he approached Salazar, who was already in handcuffs. To the other officer, he explained, "I [arrested] him last week."

Kisner asked on the spot if Salazar would face hate crimes charges, telling the officers, "I feel like if the definition of a hate crime was motivated by anti-gay bias, then yes, I feel like this was a hate crime."

KOB followed up, contacting the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office to ask about the case and whether Salazar faces any hate crime charges.

The news station reported that, according to a DA's office spokesperson, "this case is on hold for the moment because Salazar's defense attorney is questioning his competency. He will have to be evaluated before they can move forward."

Drennan and Kisner, meanwhile, say that they are not likely to visit Albuquerque again after the harrowing experience.

Watch the news report below.