New York City ? Police on Monday arrested the ninth and final suspect in the brutal attacks on four people that authorities believe were touched off because gang members thought one of their recruits was gay.

Ruddy Vargas-Perez, 22, was arrested by members of the Bronx violent felony squad at a relative’s house after his attorney had told authorities he would be surrendering to police today. He previously failed to show up as promised.

Vargas-Perez and eight others were accused of robbery, harassment and sexual abuse after the Oct. 3 attacks. Police say he participated in at least one of the attacks along with the others from his street gang, the Latin King Goonies.

The beatings in the Bronx, and the recent string of anti-gay attacks and teen suicides elsewhere attributed to homophobic bullying, have drawn outraged responses from city and state leaders and gay advocates.