A 38-year-old man, found dead outside a gas station near Seven Mile Road and Pierson Street on Detroit's west side, was not killed by a mob, Detroit police tell Fox 2.
On Monday, Deadline Detroit carried a summary of a Fox 2 story that reported Eric Miles, 38, the father of two, had died after having been beaten by a number of people and run over by a car at a west-side Valero gas station.
"He was beat up, and he was crushed from the waist down," Emerald Bulley, a friend, told Fox 2. "Terrible death. You don't even do an animal like that."
Fox 2 reports Tuesday:
A witness had told FOX 2 a group of 10 - 14 people beat up Eric Miles, but after a thorough investigation Detroit Police have concluded and confirmed the fight was between the victim and one suspect.
The fight is believed to have started after a verbal argument took place between the two men.
Police say when the fight ended the victim tried to walk away, but the suspect got in his car and struck Miles, pinning him against another vehicle.
Miles sustained fatal injuries.
