A number of unrelated assaults around the country have been reported in the media to be part of an alleged trend in which assailants try to knock someone out with one punch. Here are the attacks that have been linked to the so-called “knockout game.”
April 16, 2011: Hoang Nguyen, 72, is attacked in a St. Louis alley and killed by 20-year-old Elex Murphy.
Murphy was sentenced to 55 years in prison.
