Don't Mess With A One-Armed Man With a Bat

From WLBT.com:

Vicksburg 10/23/04
Man Beaten to Death with Baseball Bat

A Vicksburg man, left comatose from a beating Wednesday, died Sunday. Vicksburg Police say 25 year old Derreal Holmes was beaten with a baseball bat during an altercation at the T and S Tunnel car wash on Pemberton Boulevard.

Sergeant Adarryll Dent says charges against 30 year old Benjamin Brooks have been upgraded to murder. Brooks was initially charged with aggravated assault in the attack.

Sources tell WLBT that Holmes went to Brooks' job at the car wash and started the altercation. Witnesses say Brooks, who has one arm, repeatedly beat Holmes with a bat. Brooks is being held at the Warren County Jail.