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Fatal assault on senior outside Vancouver Costco leads to manslaughter charge

WATCH: Assault on senior in Vancouver (Dec., 2017) – Dec 21, 2017

A man has been charged with manslaughter in an alleged assault on a senior that turned fatal outside a Vancouver Costco last December.

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The altercation took place outside the Costco on Expo Boulevard just after 11 a.m. on Dec. 20, said the Vancouver Police Department (VPD).

It left 86-year-old Orlando Ocampo with a serious head injury.

He was rushed to hospital, but died of his injuries on January 11.

86-year-old Orlando Ocampo died after an altercation outside of a Vancouver Costco in December, 2017. Obituary photo

Police detained a suspect within hours of the incident, but later released him.

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Vancouver police now say 58-year-old Thomas Stephen Toth of Vancouver has been charged with manslaughter in the death.

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Toth has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on June 14.

According to the VPD, there have been nine homicides in the city in 2018.

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