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Alexandria Police officers arrested two men who shot at an Alexandria man early Wednesday morning after they discovered that the victim, who was dressed as a woman and had just performed sexual acts on both men, really was a man, authorities reported.
The victim told police that the shooters became angry when they discovered he was a man and not a woman. The victim was not injured.
Jeffery Ray Allen, 21, of 2511 Webster St., Alexandria, and Troherro Keith Batiste, 25, of 35 Louisiana Ave., Alexandria, both were arrested and charged with assault by drive-by shooting.

According to the police report, a 29-year-old Alexandria man told police that he was walking east on Magnolia Street to his home around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday when two or three men in a greenish-colored van with a white graphic on the side started shooting at him. He said the vehicle was on 14th Street, and that the shots came from the passenger side of the van.

Police found two spent shell casings from a .22-caliber handgun on the road at the corner of 14th and Magnolia streets.

While officers were investigating the drive-by shooting, another Alexandria Police officer spotted a van matching the description at Bolton Avenue and Jackson Street.
The officer stopped the van at Jackson and 16th streets.

The victim of the shooting identified the van’s driver – Allen – and passenger – Batiste – as the shooting suspects, police reported. The victim also told police that he had performed sexual acts on the two men as a prostitute and that they became angry when they discovered that he was actually a male and not a female as he had portrayed himself, the police report said.