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Cars enter local business at the scene of an attack on Wednesday at the street corners of Morang and Balfour on Thursday, April 3, 2014 in Detroit. A suburban Detroit man was in critical condition Thursday with severe head injuries after a neighborhood mob beat and kicked him when he stopped to check on a 10-year-old boy who stepped from a curb into the path of his pickup. The 54-year-old man, whose name was not released, was being treated at a Detroit hospital as police scoured the east side neighborhood where he was attacked Wednesday afternoon. The boy, David Harris, was expected to recover from his injuries, according to Desmond Key, who said he was the 10-year-old's uncle. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Clarence Tabb Jr)

(AP Photo/Detroit News, Clarence Tabb Jr)

DETROIT, MI – Detroit police have arrested two suspects in the ongoing investigation of the beating of a man who stopped his truck after accidentally hitting a 10-year-old boy on the city’s east side Wednesday afternoon.

Steve Utash, a 54-year-old tree trimmer from Roseville, is clinging to his life at a Detroit hospital after police say an angry crowd attacked him after his truck hit 10-year-old David Harris as he ran into the street near a gas station at Morang and Balfour. Harris suffered a broken leg in the incident.

Police are still looking for suspects in the beating, which may have involved up to a dozen people.

Utash got out his vehicle to check on the boy, according to police. The Detroit Free Press reports that Utash was also robbed in the incident.

Police Sgt. Michael Woody confirmed Saturday that a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old have been arrested in connection with the assault. He offered few details on the suspects or how police were led to their arrest, and said police are still in the early stages of the investigation.

“Remember there are still eight or 10 people we’re looking for,” Woody said. “We’re not celebrating by any means.”

Woody said that residents in the area surrounding the incident have been a "tremendous help" in the investigation. The boy's uncle, Desmond Key, told the Associated Press that the boys Harris was with near the edge of the road ran into a house to tell family members he had been hit by a car. When Key went outside, he said he saw his nephew on the ground screaming and Utash being pummeled in the driveway of the gas station.

"We don't know those people that did that to that guy. Our main focus is on David," Key told the AP. "We weren't cheering it on. We weren't rooting for it."

Woody asked that anyone who may have details of the event call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAKUP.

“Everybody wants to see a peaceful resolution come out of this. Nobody wants violence, nobody wants to see anyone get hurt,” Woody said.

Meanwhile, a $50,000 fundraising goal has already been met for Utash. A fund set up by his family a day ago with the goal of hitting $50,000 had received more than 1,500 donations and reached nearly $65,000 on Saturday afternoon.

On Friday, Mayor Mike Duggan and City Council President Brenda Jones issued a joint statement condemning the beating.

"This senseless vigilante style attack is not the essence of who we are as Detroiters and will not be tolerated," they said in the statement.

"We are asking all Metro Detroiters to demonstrate our true character by exercising calm and patience during this emotionally charged time. Most important, we must all keep Mr. Utash, David Harris and their families in our prayers. We also are calling on members of our community who know the individuals involved in this brutal attack to step forward so that justice can be served and healing can begin."