{"id":93309,"date":"2016-04-14T07:12:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=93309"},"modified":"2016-04-14T07:12:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:12:04","slug":"cbs-85-year-old-man-dies-after-being-severely-beaten-in-downtown-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=93309","title":{"rendered":"CBS: 85-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Severely Beaten In Downtown LA"},"content":{"rendered":"

I find downtown scary. I don’t know how people can live there.<\/p>\n

\"CgAcEt2W8AM-IFY\"<\/a><\/p>\n

CBS: LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)<\/a> \u2014 Authorities say an 85-year-old man who was standing outside to get a breath of fresh air died Monday after being severely beaten in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very upset and my heart goes out to his friends,\u201d said Kirk Gaw, who was shaken by the random and deadly attack.<\/p>\n

Gaw was grocery shopping when he heard the victim, identified as Dong Yul Lee, screaming for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe chased the man out of the restaurant and then raced toward the senior citizen \u2013 the victim \u2013 and knocked him over and started stomping on his head,\u201d said Gaw of the suspect. \u201cHe was yelling that, \u2018Koreans are raping me.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

A security guard from the Whole Foods along with Gaw chased down the suspected attacker, described as a transient who appeared mentally ill, and held him for police.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ran toward the guy and started screaming at him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lee died a week after the beating.<\/p>\n

Gaw says what happened sadly does not surprise him.<\/p>\n

Since he moved to the area in 2004, he says the homeless population has skyrocketed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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