Elderly Woman Killed in Sledgehammer Attack on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles County
Published on December 29, 2023
A woman in her 60s was brutally attacked and killed on the morning of Christmas Eve while walking her dog near a local community college in Southern California. The victim, identified only as an Asian woman, was attacked by a man wielding a sledgehammer around 7 a.m. near El Camino College in Los Angeles County, about five miles north of Torrance. The assailant fled the scene before authorities arrived, according to campus police. A passerby discovered the injured woman unconscious and bleeding from her head near the campus’ gymnasium and called the police. Her dog faithfully remained by her side throughout the incident....