The females are nearly as dangerous as the males.

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A homeless veteran has died months after a brutal attack outside a Philadelphia gas station that left him in a coma.

Robert Barnes, 51, died Wednesday.

Barnes was attacked by a group of six people on April 7 outside the Sunoco gas station at 5th Street and Somerville Avenue in the city’s Olney section.

The attack involved a hammer, a piece of wood and mace. The entire attack was caught on surveillance camera.

The video shows a group jump from a minivan and rush towards Barnes as he stood outside the gas station. They then punch him, stomp on him and strike him with a hammer.

After attacking Barnes, the group jumped back into the minivan and sped off.

Three adults — Aleathea Gillard, 34, Shareena Joachim, 23, and Kaisha Duggins, 24 – are charged in the case. Gillard, Joachim and Duggins all rejected plea deals and will stand trial in January. The charges are expected to be upgraded following Barnes’ death.

Police say one of Gillard’s children falsely accused Barnes, a homeless veteran, of hitting him, which prompted the attack.

Three women charged in a Philadelphia gas station attack that left a homeless man in a coma rejected plea deals Tuesday.

Attorneys for Aleathea Gillard, 34, Shareena Joachim, 23, and Kaisha Duggins, 24, rejected to pleading guilty to charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy and other offenses in the beating of 51-year-old Robert Barnes. Officials say the suspects could have received a prison term of 7 to 14 years if they pleaded guilty to the charges. They now face longer prison sentences if convicted.

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A third woman faces charges in the caught-on-camera beating of a homeless man at a Philadelphia gas station.

Police arrested Kaisha Duggins, 24, on Friday. A Judge later arraigned the Olney woman on attempted murder, aggravated assault, possessing instruments of crime and related offenses, according to court records.

Two other women remained jailed as investigators continue to search for more suspects in the brutal beating — involving a hammer, a piece of wood and Mace — outside the Sunoco gas station at 5th Street and Somerville Avenue in the city’s Olney section.

Shareena Joachim, 24, and Aleathea Gillard, 34, also face attempted murder, aggravated assault, possessing instruments of crime and related offenses.

Witnesses reported that during the attack one of the woman screamed about marks on the face of a child, who could be seen in the end of surveillance footage that captured the attack, indicating the 51-year-old victim had hit the boy.

Investigators have not confirmed an earlier altercation with the child prompted the violent attack, which left the victim hospitalized with severe head injuries.

The surveillance video shows at least three others jump from a minivan and rush Robert Barnes as he stood outside the Sunoco station. Next they punched and stomped the man, even striking him with a hammer.

Once the attackers finished their violent assault, one of the women grabbed a boy from the minivan and brought him over to the injured man.