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An 80-year-old man has died after an argument over a parking spot outdoors a Texas grocery retailer turned violent, based on authorities.

Earl Hollins, an 80-year-old army veteran, and Anthony Ray Boyce, 57, had each gone to a Meals City grocery retailer in north Harris County, Houston, on Friday afternoon, based on courtroom paperwork seen by Click2Houston.

Boyce and Hollins have been each retailer regulars and acquaintances, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez mentioned Saturday.

Police mentioned the 2 males received into an argument over a parking spot and, through the altercation, the 80-year-old was struck within the head.

Boyce fled the scene in a maroon Ford F150 truck with distinctive tan or white working boards, reported Click2Houston.

In the meantime, Hollins was rushed to hospital with head trauma, the place he hell right into a coma.

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Hollins’s niece Alma Hollins-Washington informed ABC13 that her uncle was left mind useless from the assault.

The household turned off his life help on Saturday evening, she mentioned.

Hollins-Washington slammed the alleged assault saying “it wasn’t proper… it wasn’t human.” “[Hollins] was one in all a form. I imply to know him it’s important to love him. He was an easygoing particular person. He was pleasant,” she mentioned.

Boyce was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, severe bodily damage.

He was booked into Harris County Jail along with his bond set at $200,000. He’s scheduled to look in courtroom on January 14.

Police mentioned that he may now face extra expenses following Hollins’s dying.