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South L.A. man fatally beaten with hammer by transient he allowed to stay on property: LASD
KTLA ^ | 12/10/2020 | KTLA Digital Staff`

Posted on 12/10/2020 10:41:03 AM PST by Signalman

One person is in custody after a man was beaten to death with a hammer during an altercation on his property in South Los Angeles Wednesday night, sheriff’s officials said.

About 6:30 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a fight at a residence in the 1000 block of West 98th Street, located in the Westmont neighborhood. There, they found the victim suffering from a traumatic head injury in the backyard, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department news release.

Paramedics responded and pronounced him dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released.

The victim died after being hit in the head with a hammer during a fight with a homeless man he had allowed to stay in his backyard, investigators said. It’s unclear what prompted the physical altercation.

Authorities apprehended the suspected attacker a short distance away from the scene. They did not identify him.

No other details were immediately released amid the ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Anonymous tips can be left through Crime Stopper by calling 800-222-8477, via the “P3 Tips” smartphone app, or on the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: southla; transient
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Virtue signaling gone wrong.
1 posted on 12/10/2020 10:41:03 AM PST by Signalman
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cause of death listed as COVID


2 posted on 12/10/2020 10:42:44 AM PST by wny
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Is this the ‘feel good’ story of the day?


3 posted on 12/10/2020 10:42:48 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Signalman

UNITY


4 posted on 12/10/2020 10:44:14 AM PST by Pollard (Bunch of curmudgeons)
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It isn’t very smart to help a mad dog.


5 posted on 12/10/2020 10:45:15 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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The victim probably told his guest it was time to move on. The guest felt like he had a lifetime property interest.


6 posted on 12/10/2020 10:46:51 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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If this murder goes national will Home Depot and Lowes remove all hammers from their stores? Already the Depot has shut down the Christmas music in its stores, their BOD have morphed to anti-Christian just to appease the pagan hordes who might want to shop there.


7 posted on 12/10/2020 10:52:03 AM PST by 4Runner
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no good deed goes unpunished


8 posted on 12/10/2020 10:53:05 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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It was a “misunderstanding”


9 posted on 12/10/2020 10:54:31 AM PST by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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Cause of death stupidity?


10 posted on 12/10/2020 10:56:16 AM PST by silent majority rising
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No good deed goes unpunished.


11 posted on 12/10/2020 10:58:10 AM PST by Little Ray (The Left and Right no longer have anything in common. A House divided against itself cannot stand.)
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Never know...homeless guy might have been supplying drugs to owner in exchange for camping rights...or could have been a crazy family relation...wait till the politically correct handcuffed police figure it out.


12 posted on 12/10/2020 10:59:28 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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Proof that we need anti-hammer legislation.


13 posted on 12/10/2020 10:59:33 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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Had a young guy approach me while getting into my car........(Yellow light blinking) Asked for money (red light)....said his wife was pregnant and they were living under a bridge...(think)...Told him where the nearest Catholic Help service was who would help them. That I didn’t carry cash. He walked away.

As I drove away he was taking cash from a driver he stopped.


14 posted on 12/10/2020 11:00:10 AM PST by caww ( )
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homeless guy might have been supplying drugs to owner in exchange for camping rights.

Most homeless don't have a ready supply of drugs to give away. And if they did, they'd consume them themselves.

If I had to guess, illegal alien, used for cheap labor around his property.

15 posted on 12/10/2020 11:03:54 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Not likely to be any charges filed.


16 posted on 12/10/2020 11:11:18 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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Yup. I thought so too.

“Time to move on buddy..umm, what’s that in your hand? A hammer? Are you gonna fix my place?”


17 posted on 12/10/2020 11:13:14 AM PST by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry )
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Virtue signaling gone wrong.

Or it could be a simple act of charity.

The Transient could be a homeless vet with PTSD.

The homeowner may have surprised the man which set off a violent reaction.

There are very few details in this report.

18 posted on 12/10/2020 11:15:35 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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Had the same scam a year ago at a gas station. Said he needed money to go back to (insert city). 2 weeks later, I went to the same gas station, and the SAME DUDE gave me the same script.


19 posted on 12/10/2020 11:16:23 AM PST by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry )
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I know I’m going straight to Hell for saying this, but the National Parks all have signs that say: “Don’t Feed The Animals” for a reason...


20 posted on 12/10/2020 11:16:41 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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