'Night of Healing' to Be Held for Detroit Mob Victim

Ministers in Detroit are holding a night of healing following a brutal mob attack in the city.

On April 2, 55-year-old Steve Utash suffered severe head injuries when six people beat and kicked him.

He was attacked after stopping to help a 10-year-old boy he accidentally hit with his pickup truck. The boy had stepped off the curb and in front of Utash's vehicle.

When he got out of his truck to help the child, he was approached and attacked by a group of angry teens and men.

Some of his attackers are being charged with attempted murder.

Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant leaders, along with Utash's family, are holding a vigil to pray for him as he fights for his life in a local hospital.

They're also praising the heroic woman who stepped in to stop the attack.

"People always pull the race card and race lens and our conversation seems to stall there," Father Robert Scullin of Gesu Catholic Church said. "But we are here to say there is something else working this whole affair: the heroes, and the self sacrifice of Detroiters."

"It's unfortunate when it takes events like this to bring us together, but we have a faithful and strong clergy community," E.I. Branch, pastor of Third New Hope Church, said.

Five people, including two teens, have been arrested in the case.