ST. CLAIR SHORES – Hatum Akrawi was sentenced Friday to eight to 15 years behind bars for manslaughter after a deadly assault at a St. Clair Shores bar in 2019. Akrawi sat in court and listened as the family of Shawn Kubic tearfully described the pain he caused. Despite the pleas from Kubic’s family, the judge sentenced Akrawi to eight to 15 years, two years shy of the maximum sentence. Akrawi’s attack was described as a sucker punch, but Judge Michael Servitto made it clear that it was much more. Akrawi waited until Kubic was at his most vulnerable inside Kapone’s Bar and hit him with every ounce of strength in his body.

ST. CLAIR SHORES – A murder charge has been dropped against a man accused in a deadly assault at a St. Clair Shores bar last year. Hatum Akrawi had been charged with second-degree murder after punching 47-year-old Shawn Kubic at Kapone’s Sports Tavern in December. Kubic’s family said they were shocked by a Macomb County judge’s decision to dismiss the murder charge“Very disappointing. We’ve been waiting for eight months and this is the result after eight months,” said Kathleen Zelmanski, Kubic’s mother. The Kubic family said they want justice for Shawn, who leaves behind a 17-year-old daughter and a grieving family.