Person dies following downtown Modesto assault; homicide investigation underway
MODESTO – A homicide investigation is underway after an assault in downtown Modesto over the weekend, police say.
The Modesto Police Department says, a little after 7 p.m., officers responded near 9th and D streets to investigate a reported assault.
There, officers found a victim in the road. That person was soon pronounced dead at the scene, police say.
Police have identified the man as 34-year-old Akeem Mohammed El-Haji.
No details have been released about Mohammed El-Haji's injuries have been released, but detectives are investigating the incident as a homicide.
Detectives did note that the incident appears to be isolated, however.
Anyone with information relevant to the investigation is urged to call Modesto police.
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