FARGO — Cass County prosecutors have upgraded the criminal charges against the Moorhead teen they say attacked another man in downtown Fargo to include manslaughter after the victim died.

Tabias Walker, 19, was initially arraigned on aggravated assault charges related to the incident, but just hours after his first court appearance last week, police announced the victim of the attack, identified in court documents as 55-year-old John Pilcher, died at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, just after noon on Wednesday, Aug. 13.

Pilcher was found by a passerby on the sidewalk in the 300 block of Broadway just after 3 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, bleeding from a large cut on his forehead.

Investigators reviewed video from a nearby business, which appeared to show Pilcher being assaulted by a person wearing d

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