Minneapolis, MN (Minnesota Now) — A man in his 70s has died days after an assault inside a Minneapolis apartment building, and prosecutors are now expected to pursue a murder charge.
According to the Minneapolis Police Department, officers were called on April 5 to a building in the 300 block of Hennepin Avenue for a report of an unconscious man. When they arrived, they found the victim lying near the elevators in a hallway. He was taken to Hennepin Healthcare for treatment.
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Investigators later reviewed surveillance video from inside the building. Police say it showed the man being struck by another resident following a brief verbal altercation.
Officers identified and arrested the suspect, 61-year-old Michael Joseph Walker, who lives in the same building and was still inside when police located him.
Additional details in the criminal complaint, reported by Limitless Media, shed more light on what led up to the assault…