(Ottumwa, IA) -- An Ottumwa man has been charged in a deadly assault on September 11th. Police were called to the Casey's at 1001 E. Main Sunday at 1:43 p.m. after a report of an assault in the parking lot.
Forty-nine-year-old Grant Cochran of Ottumwa was taken to Ottumwa Regional Health Center, then to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, where he died today (September 14th).
Police say 39-year-old Leon Laroy Stewart of Ottumwa was initially charged September 11th wit Willful Injury. He's since been charged with the additional charge of Second Degree Murder.