Miami Beach Police said they have arrested a suspect who allegedly attacked a man inside a grocery store, leaving the victim in a coma with a fractured skull.
Police said they arrested Roger Todd Perry, 53, Thursday night on a charge of felony battery for the attack that was captured on surveillance tape.
The incident started as the victim, Mohammad Hussein, was waiting to check out at the M&L Market on Collins Avenue behind a man with a basketful of groceries.
Hussain allegedly called out the other shopper for using the express line with so many groceries in his basket. That’s when police said Perry backhanded Hussain who fell backwards and hit his head on the ground, fracturing his skull.
Police said Hussein was knocked out before he even hit the ground, and when his head hit the ground, it whipped back with such intensity that blood immediately began to pool around where he was lying.
Hussein suffered a head laceration and has been in a coma for the past week, police said.
Perry was identified via the store’s surveillance video and through photographic lineups shown to witnesses. When he was arrested Thursday night, Miami Beach Police said he waived his rights to an attorney and gave a sworn statement admitting to the attack.
