By TONY GUERRERO
Hays Post
A man was arrested in Hays on Sept. 21 for aggravated battery after reportedly choking another man until he lost consciousness.
Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler said that 19-year-old Aiden Amrein was arrested and booked into the Ellis County Jail following an altercation with another man.
Scheibler said Amrein got on the back of the alleged victim while they were on the ground and placed him in a chokehold until the victim lost consciousness.
Video footage of the fight shows Amrein repeatedly striking the unconscious man in the head. EMS responded to the scene and treated the victim, who had swelling on one side of his face and around his left eye.
Amrein fled the scene when police arrived but was later apprehended.