2 people arrested in beating of Albuquerque homeless man
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Albuquerque say two people have been arrested in the beating of a homeless man last month.
Police say 18-year-old Ignacio Avila and a 15-year-old boy were arrested this week for the Aug. 9 attack on 28-year-old William Henderson.
Authorities have said Henderson was asleep in the doorway of a coffee shop when he was attacked. The beating caused brain bleeding and skull fractures, forcing doctors to put Henderson in a medically induced coma.
Police say Avila and the teenager were in a car with friends, when they told the driver to stop, got out of the vehicle and attacked Henderson.
Avila and the teenager face counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.