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Sandra Yi reportingA man is nearly beaten to death at a pool hall in Kearns, near 4085 W. 4175 South. His 12 year old daughter was one of the first people to find him.
It happened late last night. Two men have been arrested for the beating.
The victim was on his way home, when two men jumped him, outside that pool hall last night.
His 12 year old daughter was nearby and saw her dad, severely beaten.
He was left in critical condition.
Cody Heiselt, Knows Victim: "People came in and told me there was somebody laying down out here and so I came out and he was out here, laying down."
He says the victim, 39 year old Tom Armijo, was unconscious. Heiselt says, the man had been badly beaten, with a pipe.
Cody Heiselt: "You couldn't see his face through all the blood. He was breathing, but he wasn't saying anything."
Heiselt had talked to the victim only moments before, inside this Kearns pool hall. He says, there was no sign, anything was wrong.
Cody Heiselt: "He came in, he looked just fine. He was coming in talking, came in for about 5 minutes and he came back out."
Investigators say, that's when the victim ran into the suspects. They say, the two men sprayed him with mace, then beat him.
Witnesses believe, it was part of a fight that began earlier, at a nearby home.
Cody Heiselt: "They fought for a minute, crossed the street, then they got into another fight."
Armijo was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
The suspects, Adam Price and Jared Gillett, both 21, were arrested overnight.
Heiselt says, the three men, know each other. Police are still investigating, what caused the fight.
As for Heiselt, he was left comforting the victim's 12 year old daughter.
Cody Heiselt: "It was scary. I cried because I promised his little girl he would be alright."
