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Two
arrested
after
man who
hit boy
with
truck
was
beaten
by mob
DETROIT,
MI (Tell
Us Det)
- A
suburban
Detroit
man was
in
critical
condition
Thursday
with
severe
injuries
to his
head
after a
mob of
youth
beat and
stomped
him
after he
stopped
to give
aide to
a
10-year-old
boy who
walked
into the
street
in front
of his
vehicle.
Two
Detroit
teenagers
were
arrested
Saturday
in an
attack
on a
suburban
man who
was
brutally
beaten
by a mob
after
accidentally
striking
a boy
with his
pickup
truck.
Cars
enter
local
business
at the
scene of
an
attack
on
Wednesday
at the
street
corners
of
Morang
and
Balfour
on
Thursday,
April 3,
2014 in
Detroit.
where a
54 year
old
suburban
Detroit
man was
beaten
by a mob
and left
in in
critical
condition
with
severe
head
injuries
after he
stopped
to check
on a
10-year-old
boy who
stepped
from a
curb
into the
path of
his
pickup.
(AP
Photo/Clarence
Tabb Jr)
Investigators
believe
the
17-year-old
and
16-year-old
males
had a
direct
role in
the
beating
of Steve
Utash,
said
Sgt.
Mike
Woody, a
Detroit
police
spokesman.
Utash
remained
in
critical
condition
Sunday,
four
days
after
the
attack
on the
city's
east
side. An
online
fundraising
campaign
has
brought
in at
least
$115,000
for the
man's
medical
bills.
Detroit
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
released
a
statement
saying,
"This
senseless
vigilante
style
attack
is not
the
essence
of who
we are
as
Detroiters
and will
not be
tolerated."
"We are
asking
all
Metro
Detroiters
to
demonstrate
our true
character
by
exercising
calm and
patience
during
this
emotionally
charged
time.
Most
important,
we must
all keep
Mr.
Utash,
David
Harris
and
their
families
in our
prayers.
Utash
was on
his way
home
from
work
when he
accidentally
struck
10-year-old
David
Harris
with his
truck
near a
gas
station
on
Morang
and
McKinney
. When
he
stepped
outside
to check
on the
boy, a
group of
about 12
men at
the gas
station
approached
him and
began
beating
him.
Rev.
Horace
Sheffield
III,
community
leader,
Executive
Director
of the
Detroit
Association
of Black
Organizations
(dabo)
and
Chairman
of the
Detroit
Ecumenical
Ministers
Alliance
said,
"“Now is
the time
for all
of us,
not just
Detroiters,
but also
all
descent
God
fearing
human
beings
to decry
the
viscous
and
seemingly
near
life
depriving
assault
upon a
54-year
man who
accidentally
hit a
child
while
driving
on the
eastside
of our
city.
The
prominent
black
pastor,
called
on the
public
to go
block by
block to
find the
"heartless
perpetrators."
It's
important
for
community
members
"to
prove
that we
equally
deplore
justice
and
unbridled
brutality
no
matter
what
color
the
victim
is or of
the one
committing
it,"
Sheffield
said in
a
statement.
The boy
who was
hit,
David
Harris,
is
expected
to
completely
recover
from his
injuries,
according
to
Desmond
Key, who
said he
was the
10-year-old's
uncle.
"A
preliminary
investigation
shows
the kid
stepped
off the
curb in
front of
him,"
Woody
said.
"No way
he could
have
stopped
in
time."
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