It was August 23 when Evaristo Rocha-Rodriguez was badly beaten in a Mid-Market altercation. Three weeks he was dead, succumbing to his injuries the following month. And about two weeks after that, police said Monday, his alleged assailant was in custody.

The attack went down at 12:55 a.m., near 7th and Market Streets. Police said at the time that Rocha-Rodriguez was hospitalized following a beating from which he never recovered, joining the ranks of San Francisco's homicide victims when he died on September 13 of injuries including "blunt force head trauma."

In a press release sent Monday, the San Francisco Police Department says that they have arrested the man allegedly responsible for Rocha-Rodriguez's death. According to the SFPD, homicide investigators "developed leads which led them to the identification" of 31-year-old San Francisco resident Anthony Jones as the suspect in the crime.

Jones was arrested on September 29 at Market and Jones Streets, police say, a block from the scene of the crime. and was booked into San Francisco County jail for voluntary manslaughter, assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, and a probation violation. According to a spokesperson with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, Jones remains in custody as of Tuesday morning, but SFPD says his booking photo "will not be released due to pending identifications."

Despite the arrest, police say that investigators are still gathering information in the case. They ask that anyone with information on Rocha-Rodriguez's death to call them "anonymously at (415) 575-4444 or text-a-tip to TIP411 with SFPD at the start of the message."

Previously: Death Of Market Street Assault Victim Marks San Francisco's 33rd Homicide For 2016