Linden, N.C. — The state medical examiner has determined that a Linden man who died early Saturday morning after breaking into a shed died of “positional asphyxiation.”
Robert Lee Hubbard, 23, of the 8200 block of Carlos Drive, broke in to a shed being used as a temporary house at the 9400 block of Hillsboro Street, authorities said.
Michael Crosby, 51, and his brother, Joseph Crosby, 55, were using the shed as a temporary residence while Michael Crosby's house was under construction.
The brothers told Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies that Hubbard forced his way into the shed and attacked them with what appeared to be a tire iron.
The brothers subdued Hubbard until authorities arrived. Hubbard died before authorities got to the scene, officials said.
An ambulance took Michael Crosby to a local hospital for treatment. He received several sutures to his head and was later released.



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I'm not saying he was in the right, because he wasn't; but the two guys who subdued him weren't either."
You must be shrooming.
Trials come later, after someone is arrested and detained. NOT at the scene of the crime, while it is being committed! The right to a fair trial is not the concern of the victim of an attack! You are living on some other world. And, I might add, you have lost all moral authority, REVERAND, by equating the rights of the attacker with those of the attacked. How very blind of you.
August 26, 2008 12:13 p.m.
August 26, 2008 9:20 a.m.
Praying for both families.
God bless.
Rev. RB Click to view my profile Rev. RB GOLO member since July 2, 2007 August 25, 2008 10:21 a.m"
"...How do YOU know that? Were you there???
It sounds to me like someone held this man the wrong way. Whether intentionally or not is something for a jury to decide after hearing all the facts. It's not open for debate by those who have not because that's not the way our justice system works.
God bless.
Rev. RB Click to view my profile Rev. RB GOLO member since July 2, 2007 August 25, 2008 10:23 a.m."
Somewhat contradictory there, 1st you're sure that it was homicide but then, 2 minutes (or less) later, we should let the jury decide after hearing all the facts.
I point this out not to criticize Rev RB, but just to make a larger point for all of the commenters - PLEASE read all of not only the story, but all of the previous comments as well before clicking the send button
August 25, 2008 9:36 p.m.
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