Police: Beating victim told police he was being threatened

Source: Associated Press

Police: Beating victim told police he was being threatened
Updated 3:00 pm, Wednesday, June 8, 2016

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Police say the victim of a fatal beating at a Vermont homeless encampment told police the night before the assault that a man had been threatening to assault him.

Thirty-eight-year-old Amos Beede was beaten May 22 as part of a dispute between two Burlington homeless encampments. Beede died of his injuries May 28.

Four suspects were arrested in California last week, and police say they are not going to fight efforts to be brought back to Vermont to face murder charges.

The suspects, all in their 20s, are Erik Averill, Myia Barber, Allison Gee and Jordan Paul. It wasn't immediately known if they had lawyers.

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