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Man dies after head injury, suspect in custody [updated]

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LANCASTER – A man who suffered a head injury in Lancaster in January died Wednesday at a hospital, and another man is in custody in connection with the death, authorities said.

The victim was injured around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 in the 300 block of East Avenue I in Lancaster, sheriff’s officials said in a news release.

“The victim suffered blunt force trauma to the head and was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, March 16,  2016, at approximately 1:20 a.m.,” the news release states.

The victim was identified as 57-year-old Mark Curtis Magurean, and his home town was not known, said coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter.

“The suspect, a male white adult,  is currently in custody,” sheriff’s officials said in the news release.

The suspect’s name was not immediately available.

No further information was available Wednesday.

UPDATE: Magurean was injured in a fight outside a Lancaster liquor store on the 300 block of East Avenue I, sheriff’s officials told City News Service. Suspect Timothy Munroe, 33, allegedly punched Magurean in the face, Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez told City News Service.

UPDATE: Timothy Munroe was booked at Lancaster Sheriff’s Station on felony charges of battery with great bodily injury. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to seven years in state prison, according to the Sheriff’s Department. The case is currently being handled by the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau and Munroe could now face murder charges.

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13 comments for "Man dies after head injury, suspect in custody [updated]"

  1. Sorry for your loss, in May of 2013 my son was hit on the side of his head fell to the floor and lost consciousness, the guy that hit him then proceeded to kick him in the head along with his cousin, trying to kill him from what the sheriff told us. Had it not been for the doctors and of course GOD my son would not be hear today. May GOD comfort you.

  2. On behalf of the family of Mark Magurean I would like to thanks those who are praying for his and our peace. We would also like to offer prayers to the family of Timothy Munroe. His intention may or may not have been to kill, but now a mother, brothers, sister, nieces, nephews, and a child are without their loved one. We are now in the hands of the justice department to find a resolution to this tragedy.

  3. Gosh I really hope that the victim isn’t the father of the man and woman I was serving at work yesterday… They were visibly upset so I asked them if they were ok and he told me he had lost his father… The man I spoke with yesterday was also white…. Regardless to whether the losses were the same people…. I feel so bad for the victim who lost his life… May he rest in heavenly peace. I also feel bad for the man and woman who lost their father, may their father also rest in Heavenly Peace…

  4. It depends on why the guy punched him. It doesn’t say he was beaten. If he attacked the suspect and died from being punched out of self defense did the suspect actually do anything wrong? I think more facts are needed before the guys relegated to manslaughter.

    • For the record it was a good friend of mines and I saw the video tape from the store. They were exchanging words and the young man said I’m going to punch you if you don’t shut up and he continued to talk then the young man turned around and punched him he hit the concrete inside the store and that was it he was in a coma with his brain swollen May he RIP.

    • You’re funny. But yes, anyone who beats another person so badly that they die, is definitely a thug, no matter the color of their skin. Reprehensible behavior no matter how you look at it.

    • I will withhold my enthusiasm until we know that the guy doesn’t plead down to manslaughter and get sentenced to community service.