US: Indian-American Man Punched To Death In Oklahoma, Suspect Held

The motel manager died in a local hospital after the police responded to the assault near I-40 and Meridian Avenue on Saturday.

An Indian-American motel manager died in Oklahoma after another man punched him in the motel parking lot. ( Image Source :Facebook/Jyoti Mistry )

US News: An Indian-American motel manager died in Oklahoma after another man punched him in the motel parking lot. According to media reports, the deceased was identified as Hemant Mistry. 

The 59-year-old died in a local hospital after the police responded to the assault near I-40 and Meridian Avenue on Saturday around 10 PM, according to a Hindustan Times report. Mistry hailed from Gujarat.

According to an India Today report, he was punched by the accused, 41-year-old Richard Lewis, after the former had asked him to leave the property.

The victim fell unconscious after he was punched by accused Lewis. He was taken to a hospital, where he died at nearly 7.40 pm on June 23, police told the local media.

Lewis was found at a hotel in the 1900 block of S Meridian Avenue and arrested, as reported by India Today. On June 24, the accused was held on a $100,000 bond at the Oklahoma County jail on an aggravated assault and battery complaint.

Speaking to media, Oklahoma City police said that it was unclear Lewis was asked to leave the property, but he was not willing to exit.

In another incident, at least five people were killed and one person was critically injured in a shooting incident in North Las Vegas in the United States on Monday. The officers responded to an apartment shortly after 10 pm on Monday on reports of a shooting and found two women injured who were later pronounced dead. 

According to an NBC report, the detectives also discovered a 13-year-old girl at the apartment who was wounded. The teen was brought to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas in critical condition, said the police. 

Two other women in their mid-20s and a man in his early 20s were shot dead in a nearby apartment. They were declared dead at the scene, said the officials, as per the NBC report.