MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – A Fort Bragg man has been arrested for murder following an early morning fight on New Year’s Eve that claimed another man’s life.

Glenn Hughes, 52, was arrested early Saturday morning, according to a report from Sgt. Greg Van Patten of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.

Just after 1 a.m. Saturday morning the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office dispatch center received a call from a person reporting a physical altercation between two adult males at the Hidden Pines Campground near the city of Fort Bragg, Van Patten reported.

Deputies were dispatched less than five minutes later and arrived at the campground at 1:15 a.m., two minutes after being dispatched, Van Patten said.

When Deputies arrived they witnessed Hughes standing over the body of an adult male who was lying on the ground unconscious, according to Van Patten.

Deputies immediately detained Hughes as an eyewitness told deputies they had seen Hughes physically beating male victim, Van Patten said.

Deputies checked the male on the ground determined he was not breathing and didn’t have a pulse. Van Patten said deputies requested an ambulance and began performing CPR on man but he was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Mendocino County Sheriff's Office detectives were called to the scene and have begun followup investigations into the incident, Van Patten said Saturday.

He said Hughes was arrested for murder and was to be booked into the Mendocino County Jail, where bail would be determined.

Van Patten said Saturday that the victim’s identity was being withheld pending the notification of his next of kin.

Anyone who may have information in regards to this incident is urged to call Det. Dustin Lorenzo at 707-961-2692.

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