UPDATE: Security guard dies after assault by bar patron

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27-year-old Joshua Kati assaulted a security guard at South Bank Lounge

27-year-old Joshua Kati (Photo provided)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: May 17, 2008 at 10:35 PM EST

Story Updated: May 19, 2008 at 6:38 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — A 63-year-old security guard died late Saturday evening from severe trauma to the head after a patron at the South Bank Lounge attacked him early Saturday, police said.

James E. Muddiman Sr. was trying to get people to leave the bar at 3 a.m. when 27-year-old Joshua Kati assaulted him, police said.

"When I was in the parking lot I was sitting there, everybody started yelling, screaming, a bunch of people started running around and it was chaotic,” explained Bill Townsend, who was outside the South Bank Lounge when the attack occurred. “I couldn't believe something like that happened when I found out later on what it really was.”

Muddiman was treated at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, where he later died.

Kati, a South Bend resident, was initially arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery and battery resulting in serious bodily injury. Those charges were upgraded on Monday.

The incident took place in the 1700 block of Lincoln Way East.

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