3 charged with murder after victim in 2010 assault dies [Video]

The victim never recovered from his injuries, police said.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Three people were indicted Wednesday on murder charges after a man they allegedly assaulted in 2010 died last year.

According to a press release from Toledo police Thursday, Ruben Lopez, Ruben A. Lopez and Michael Lopez were charged with murder in the death of Dewayne Arnold. Court documents indicate all three suspects were indicted on the charges Wednesday.

The three suspects are accused of assaulting Arnold in an east Toledo parking lot on Nov. 2, 2010. A court document from the initial incident indicated that, following the assault, Arnold was resuscitated and taken to the hospital, where he was resuscitated again. Arnold was 41 years old at the time of the initial incident.

The suspects were initially charged with felonious assault in this case, but the charges were dismissed, police said.

Arnold suffered what police described as “critical injuries” and died on July 29, 2023, after which …