Authorities on Monday identified a man who died earlier this month after an assault in St. Paul.

Officers responded to the North End on July 13 and found James D. Thurber, 54, of St. Paul, on the ground and bleeding from a large laceration on his head. St. Paul Fire Department medics transported him to Regions Hospital, where he was in critical condition with a traumatic brain injury until he died Aug. 3.

The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office had already charged Daniel Pen-mong Moua, 20, of St. Paul, with first-degree assault and he was subsequently charged with second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony in connection with the incident outside his home in the 600 block of Hyacinth Avenue.

Another man who rendered aid told police that he didn’t see what happened. He said Thurber and Moua used to do “scrapping” together before they had a falling-out, according to the criminal complaint.

A police search of the garage of Moua’s home turned up a tire iron with dried blood on it inside a plastic bag, the complaint said.

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