On
Monday, June 4, 2012 at 9:19 P.M. officers of the Warner Robins Police
Department responded to 514 North Davis Drive (Pop’s Food Mart) in reference to
a fight.
Preliminary
investigation revealed two males were seen fighting inside the store. One of the males flees the store before
officers arrive on scene. The victim,
Dahyalal Amin, (66 years of age, Warner Robins), received head injuries during
the altercation. Amin is employed as a
clerk of Pop’s Food Mart. He was taken
to the Medical Center of Central Georgia.
He is considered in critical condition.
The
suspect is described only as a black male.
Further description of the male is unavailable.
The
investigation is on going. More
information will be released as it becomes available.
Anyone
with additional information about this incident is asked to contact the
Criminal Investigations Division at 478.929.6911. Information can also be submitted through
TipSubmit by texting the tip to CRIMES (274637) and include keyword WRPD in the
body of the text. More information about TipSubmit can be found at
WRPolice.org.
Update – June 8,
2012
Continued
investigation lead to the arrest of Howard Allen (67 years of age, Warner
Robins). He is charged with Aggravated
Battery in connection with this incident.
Investigators determined he was the one who assaulted Dahyalal Amin.
Allen is
in the Houston County jail. Amin is
still in critical condition at the Medical Center of Central Georgia.
Update – June 11,
2012
Dahyalal Amin
was pronounced deceased on Friday, June 8, 2012. An autopsy conducted on Monday, June 11th
concluded the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head and the
manner of death to be Homicide.
The case
has been turned over to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office to
upgrade Howard Allen’s charge to Felony Murder.
Allen is
still in the Houston County jail.
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