( CNN ) -- Five people have now been charged in connection with the vicious mob beating of a Detroit man that some are calling a hate crime . Latrez Cummings , 19 , has been arrested and faces the same charges as the other suspects : assault with intent to murder and assault with intent to do great bodily harm , Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Thursday . Bruce Edward Wimbush Jr. , 17 , Wonzey Saffold , 30 , and James Deontae Davis , 24 , were arraigned on Tuesday . The fifth suspect -- an unnamed 16-year-old who is being charged as a juvenile -- was also charged Thursday with ethnic intimidation , according to Worthy . About a dozen people attacked Steven Utash , a 54-year-old white man , after he accidentally struck a 10-year-old African-American boy who had stepped into a road , Detroit Police Sgt . Michael Woody said . Utash immediately stopped his vehicle to help the boy and was `` severely beaten '' with `` fists and feet , '' Worthy said in a news release at the time . He 's been in a medically induced coma since . All of the alleged assailants are African-American , according to Jennifer Moreno , a police spokeswoman . She said none of the charged suspects is believed to be related to or otherwise linked the boy or his family . She said the beating was `` a spontaneous response . '' The state of Michigan 's penal code says a person is guilty of ethnic intimidation `` if that person maliciously , and with specific intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person 's race , color , religion , gender , or national origin , causes physical contact with another person [ or ] damages , destroys , or defaces any real or personal property of another person . '' It can carry a prison sentence of up to two years . Detroit Police Chief James Craig would n't go so far as to call the attack a `` hate crime , '' but , he said , `` the issue of race is being looked at '' as a possible motive . He gave credit to a woman who stepped in as Utash was being attacked , CNN affiliate WDIV reported . `` Just her presence , offering aid to this gentleman , may have saved his life , '' Craig said . That woman , Deborah Hughes , met Utash 's son to talk about what happened . `` I went to your dad , and he was unconscious . He was n't doing anything , '' she said , WDIV reported . `` I go over there and I say , 'Do n't nobody else hit him . Do n't put your hands on him . Leave him alone ! ' And everybody backed up and let me go to work on your dad , '' said Hughes , a retired nurse . She told WDIV that Utash regained consciousness at one point and asked , `` Is the boy dead ? '' His son , Joe Utash , thanked Hughes for everything she did . `` I know that you saved him and that means so much to us , '' he said , WDIV reported . The prosecutor 's office said the boy who was struck by Utash 's truck was taken to a local hospital and treated for a leg injury . Woody said that he was unsure of the extent of the boy 's injuries but that he is at home recovering from the accident . Some are wondering whether the beating April 2 reflects a state of racial tension in the Motor City . Local defense attorney Cliff Woodards II says the lack of outrage in the African-American community exposes hypocrisy among its leaders . `` Imagine , though , if this happened to a black tree trimmer who was passing through Roseville ? '' wrote Woodards , who is African-American , in a Facebook post he titled `` Shame On Us . '' Roseville is the suburb Utash hails from . `` Al Sharpton would have been on a plane before the man got out of surgery . Local community leaders and pastors would have taken to the airwaves and the pulpits in search of justice for this fallen hero . '' Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and City Council President Brenda Jones issued a statement Friday in response to outrage over the incident , asking for calm and patience from all Detroiters but made no mention of race . `` This senseless vigilante-style attack is not the essence of who we are as Detroiters and will not be tolerated , '' the statement said . Utash 's daughter , Felicia Utash , told CNN affiliate WXYZ that she does n't want to believe the assault on her father was a hate crime , but she is pleased that suspects have been apprehended . She , along with her brother and sister , have set up a GoFundMe.com page for their father , who they say does not have health insurance . Donations have exceeded $ 150,000 in one week . Police are still searching for the remaining suspects . `` By no means are we through with this investigation , '' Woody said .
A fifth suspect is charged in the July 2017 beating of Steven Utash , Jr . Steven , who is white , was attacked after he accidentally hit a black boy with his car . Another suspect -- a 16-year - old charged as a juvenile -- is accused of ethnic intimidation . Utash has been in a medically induced coma since the attack .