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The first blow struck Daniels on the side of his head, a witness said.
Daniels staggered and looked around. There was no one in front of him. The kid who threw the punch was young, maybe 10 or 12, and had lunged from the side to strike Daniels, according to a witness who gave a statement to police.
Daniels stood 6-feet, 1-inch and weighed 240 pounds, according to arrest records.
The kid and four other teenage boys ran across the street and stopped to look back at Daniels.
Then a taller kid in a red hoodie, the hood tied close around his face, and the kid who threw the first punch ran back toward Daniels. The smaller kid waved back the others, a witness said.
When the two reached Daniels, the bigger kid in the hoodie started swinging.
Three punches and a kick dropped Daniels to his knees, broke his glasses and left him sprawled on the sidewalk, said Joe Brown, who says he saw the attack from an upstairs window.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/michael_daniels_rough_life_end.html
This is the point that someone with cajones shoots from his window and risks the trial by jury.
Jeez these kids are vicous. A 250 pound ex con isn’t your easy target.