Johana Portillo, left, and her sister Ana Portillo, daughters of Riccardo Portillo, hold hands during a news conference on May 2. Utah police said Riccardo Portillo died late Saturday night.(Photo: Rick Bowmer, AP
Associated Press(AP) - Police say a Utah soccer referee who was in a coma after being punched by a teenage player has died.
They say 46-year-old Ricardo Portillo of Salt Lake City died late Saturday night.
Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal says Portillo passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following an assault during a soccer game last weekend.
Police say a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league punched Portillo after the man called a foul on him and issued him a yellow card.
The teen has been booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault.
Hoyal says authorities will consider additional charges since Portillo has died.
Associated Press
