David Philpot was a regular sight in his Fells Point neighborhood to even those who did not know him, a man who often led his small dog on walks in the blocks around South Broadway.

Philpot, 74, was on one of their daily walks Saturday afternoon when he was attacked in plain view on Eastern Avenue between Broadway and South Regester Street. Philpot died Sunday. His death was ruled a homicide, Baltimore Police said.

On Monday, police arrested Timothy Clinedinst, 43, in Dundalk and charged him with manslaughter. Clinedinst was taken to Baltimore Police headquarters, where he was debriefed before being transported to the Central Booking Intake Facility, police said.

Video footage of the incident was recorded on a surveillance camera belonging to the Up To Smoke tobacco and vape shop across the street. It shows a man shoving Philpot to the ground. He falls near the edge of the curb of the sidewalk. The other man then grabs his legs and rolls Philpot over the curb onto his side.

Footage also shows the suspect kicking at Philpot’s head and putting his hands around his neck. It is unclear, however, whether the suspect actually made solid contact with Philpot’s head or if he was actually choking Philpot, who appeared dazed but not immediately incapacitated.

Business owners on Eastern Avenue recognized photographs of Philpot but said they did not know him.

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His wife, Mary Margaret Philpot, worked nearby on South Broadway at a gift shop called E.C. Pops. Doug Yeakey, one of its owners, said Mary Margaret was hired shortly after the store opened in 2018.

“I had the opportunity to meet Dave right after that,” Yeakey said. “He was an incredible man. I could always sit down and talk to him. I felt like I was talking to my dad. He was very poised, very compassionate, he always had words of wisdom. He was a joy to be around.”

Yeakey said the Philpots met in the neighborhood and had lived here “quite a few years.” Both had been married previously and had children from those marriages. Most of their family lived out of Maryland, Yeakey said.

In addition to working at the gift shop, Mary Margaret also worked for a company that led food tours in the area, Yeakey said. David Philpot was retired. to Yeakey’s knowledge, but found other ways to keep busy, volunteering at a local food bank and serving eggnog every December for the Fells Point eggnog stroll.

“He didn’t want to be a homebody,” Yeakey said. “He wanted to contribute back to society.”

Yeakey and Ali von Paris, the owner of Route One Apparel, which does business with E.C. Pops, started a GoFundMe drive to raise money for a funeral for Philpot.