Trial set in fatal ‘knockout game' attack

ST. LOUIS -- A trial date is set for a St. Louis man accused of killing a 72-year-old immigrant from Vietnam, a victim who was apparently chosen at random in what is known as the "knockout game."

KSDK-TV reported that 20-year-old Elex Levell Murphy is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 72-year-old Hoang Nguyen. Murphy will go to trial in April.

Nguyen was walking home from a market with his wife in April 2011 when he was attacked by four teenagers. Police say the couple did nothing to provoke the attack and they were not robbed.

In a knockout game, people are picked at random and beaten. The attacks sometimes are captured on cell phone video, and some have been posted on social media sites.

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Information from: KSDK-TV, http://www.ksdk.com