Man beaten to death over beer bottle mix-up: Police
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Background: Surveillance footage captures the moment inside the gas station shop where Ye Myint Aung was assaulted on May 23 (Harris County Sheriff’s Office). Inset: Lansselo Martinez (Harris County Sheriff’s Office).

A man in Texas has been apprehended for allegedly fatally assaulting another individual at a gas station, possibly due to a belief that the victim had thrown a beer bottle at him.

Lansselo Martinez, 22, was arrested on Wednesday, following the incident that claimed the life of 38-year-old Ye Myint Aung. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office stated in a Facebook post that Martinez assaulted Aung on the morning of May 23, delivering more than 20 blows to his head. Surveillance footage from in and around the gas station store shows Aung reportedly staggering outside before collapsing.

Twelve hours later, a friend found him unconscious and called 911.

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Aung was brought to the hospital but died on May 25. According to court documents obtained by Houston ABC station KTRK, the Harris County Coroner’s Office alerted authorities to a delayed death that they had ruled a homicide.

After reviewing hours of surveillance video, Harris County detectives questioned several witnesses in connection with the beating that was seen on the video between Aung and an unidentified man in a black shirt.

According to KTRK’s reporting on the documents, Martinez and an unnamed friend were seen on camera arriving at the gas station. At some point, they both interacted with Aung.

When Martinez and his friend went to drive away, a beer bottle that had been on the hood of the car fell off. Martinez, according to police, may have believed that someone threw the bottle at him. He started confronting other patrons at the gas station before allegedly turning his anger toward Aung and beginning his fatal attack.

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