San Diego police have identified the 61-year-old man who died Saturday after an attacker bashed his head on the ground and strangled him in front of a Hillcrest gas station. Jerry Puerile was found unconscious after witnesses reported an assault around 4:55 p.

A man who San Diego Police said died after he was strangled and had his head struck against the ground by his attacker was publicly identified.

A man was arrested after strangling a man and hitting his head against the ground near a Hillcrest gas station, according to a press release from the San Diego Police Department.

Police said the victim was strangled and his head was slammed into the ground during the assault, which was reported shortly before 5 p.m. on Washington Street

A 61-year-old man has died from severe injuries after being strangled and hitting his head on the ground in front of a gas station in Hillcrest on Saturday afternoon.

A 61-year-old man died Saturday evening after being strangled and assaulted outside a gas station in Hillcrest, authorities said.