The gospel singer was filling up his car at a gas station in northwest Detroit when a young man approached him pretending to talk about music, said Detroit police Inspector Nick Kyriacou. Once distracted, he was suddenly sucker-punched him from behind and pushed down, after which "three or four men punched and kicked him on the pavement.” The 54-year-old refused EMS transport to a hospital but a friend drove him to get medical attention, police said.