Man involved in 2 separate attacks that critically injured victims in NW Harris County, HCSO says<\/a><\/p>\nThe documents say that first, a homeless man was attacked in front of a Dunkin’ Donuts near State Highway 249 and West Road. Court records name the attacker as 28-year-old Joshua McDaniel.<\/p>\n
“I said this guy might be dead cause his face was really pale and he was bleeding a lot,” the manager of the Dunkin’ Donuts, Israel, told Eyewitness News.<\/p>\n
Harris County Sheriff’s Office detectives said that not long after the first attack, they were called to a second, where a driver claimed to have seen McDaniel hitting a second homeless man with a two-foot metal pipe.<\/p>\n
Both men were taken to the hospital, where court records say the first victim is critically hurt, and the second is brain-dead.<\/p>\n
Documents say McDaniel was found riding a bike in the area and admitted to detectives that he fought with one victim in front of the Dunkin Donuts. Witnesses say McDaniel was heard shouting during that attack.<\/p>\n
“He beat him up cause he slept with his wife and stuff like that, talking a whole bunch of nonsense,” Israel said.<\/p>\n
Records do not say if the victims had a connection to McDaniel or a possible wife.<\/p>\n
Online records do show McDaniel has a history of arrests for violence. McDaniel’s latest charge was late last year for felony abuse of the elderly. That case was dismissed when he was referred to mental health treatment.<\/p>\n
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