A man accused of trying to beat another man to death during a home invasion near Centennial Olympic Park is behind bars, authorities confirmed.
Frederick Hunter, 27, of Atlanta, faces three felonies in connection with the assault, which left 69-year-old Jack Lipsius fighting for his life at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta police said.
Lipsius was critically injured in the attack last Tuesday morning, AJC.com previously reported. The incident happened at the Centennial Place Apartment Homes.
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Police went to the apartment complex about 7 a.m. when Lipsius called 911 to report a robbery, according to an incident report obtained by AJC.com. Officers spotted Hunter, who was covered in blood and breathing heavily, at the scene before he ran away.
When police went into the apartment, they found Lipsius lying in a pool of his own blood. Channel 2 Action News reported that Hunter was armed with a baseball bat during the attack.
According to the incident report, doctors didn’t expect Lipsius to survive his first night at Grady due to “severe trauma to his head and face.” He remains in critical condition.
Hunter was arrested after being connected to another assault that took place three weeks earlier, according to a police incident report. On Aug. 7, he’s accused of punching a man, which caused him to fall to the ground and be knocked unconscious.
Hunter asked the victim for 50 cents, and when the victim “began to scold the male for asking for change,” police said Hunter began swinging. The incident took place along Marietta Street near the Salvation Army shelter.
Witnesses were able to identify Hunter as the attacker in that assault, which helped investigators link him to the brutal attack last week, police said.
In connection with the Aug. 7 incident, he was charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery, Fulton County jail records show. He also faces another count of aggravated battery, a count of aggravated assault with the intent to murder and a count of first-degree home invasion in the Aug. 27 attack.
He was booked into jail last Wednesday and remains there without bond, records show.
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