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Group killed man for beating pregnant girlfriend, police say

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group accused of beating a man to death behind a Utah grocery store may have done so because they believed he gave his pregnant girlfriend a black eye.

Police say 41-year-old Fred Ortiz was chased down and beaten by a group of at least six people behind a grocery store in Magma, Utah on Monday.

Arrest reports say Ortiz’s girlfriend told the group at her home Ortiz had beaten her two days before and given her a black eye.

The group allegedly hit Ortiz with a car and beat him with a pole.

Two of the at least five suspects have been arrested.

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