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Man dies after baseball bat attack near SE smokeshop
Police are investigating the death as a homicide
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A man died Sunday after he was hit with a baseball bat near a smokeshop in Southeast sa国际传媒官网网页入口 days earlier.
鈥淭he death is now being investigated as a homicide,鈥� sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Department spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos said in a news release on Monday.
Police were dispatched Thursday around 5 a.m. to the Smoke Depot shop 鈥� located at 116 San Pedro SE near Central Ave. 鈥� after receiving a call that a man, later identified as 46-year-old Dwayne Burwell, had life-threatening head injuries after he was struck with a baseball bat.
Burwell was taken to a hospital where he later died of his injuries.
The investigation into Burwell鈥檚 death is ongoing, Gallegos said.
Nakayla McClelland covers crime and breaking news. Reach her at nmcclelland@abqjournal.com or at 505-823-3857.
