St. Paul is investigating its sixth homicide of the year after a man died months after he was punched in the face.
St. Paul Police Department on Friday confirmed that Thomas Stockstill, 66, of St. Paul, died on May 2 at Regions Hospital. He had remain hospitalized since being assaulted on the 1500 block of Marion Street on the afternoon of Jan. 30.
Officers arrived to find Stockstill unconscious, with the 911 caller, 22-year-old James Sprowls, saying the assault occurred in an apartment where Sprowls had been temporarily staying with permission of the female resident…