UPDATE: A 28-year-old and a 29-year-old are being held in police custody after an Ashmont man was delivered a fatal blow on Saturday night.
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One man will be charged with “coward punch”, affray and likely assault causing death.
The other will be charged with just affray.
EARLIER: A MAN has been killed in an Ashmont car park overnight after a violent assault.
Police are appealing for witnesses after reports a fight allegedly broke out around 9.45pm in the car park of the Ashmont Inn on Tobruk Street.
Paramedics arrived and attempted to perform CPR on an unconscious 34-year-old man, who later died at the scene.
Detectives arrested a 28-year-old man a short time later at a home on Marshall Street, Ashmont, who was then taken to Wagga Hospital under police guard.
He was treated for a head injury and remains there under the supervision of officers.
Police suspect he had some involvement in the clash.
A 29-year-old man also attended Wagga police station shortly after 11.30pm to assist detectives with their inquiries.
A crime scene has since been established and examined by forensic specialists.