BY GAYLA CAWLEY and THOMAS GRILLO
LYNN — A 39-year-old Reading man who was attacked early Sunday morning has died from his injuries.
The man was identified as Sergio Sanchez.
The Essex District Attorney’s Office reported that around 1:30 a.m. Sanchez and a 33-year-old Lynn man were attacked by two other men while walking down Blake Street. The assault occurred in a parking lot.
Police said Sanchez was struck in the head with a brick and was taken to Salem Hospital and then to Massachusetts General Hospital. He died from his injuries Monday morning.
This is the seventh homicide in the city this year.
The Lynn man was taken to Union Hospital and is expected to survive, authorities said. He had called 911 during the attack.
The two men left a bar on Munroe Street and were walking to the Lynn man’s home when they were ambushed, State Police said.
No arrests have been made and the matter remains under investigation. Investigators do not think that the suspects and the victims knew one another.
Gayla Cawley can be reached at [email protected]. Thomas Grillo can be reached at [email protected].