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COVID-19 patient allegedly kills fellow patient with oxygen tank in Calif hospital room: police

California man kills fellow Covid patient with oxygen tank

California COVID-19 Patient Allegedly Kills Praying Hospital Roommate With Oxygen Tank

California COVID-19 Patient Allegedly Kills Praying Hospital Roommate With Oxygen Tank Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202012241081563510-california-covid-19-patient-allegedly-kills-praying-hospital-roommate-with-oxygen-tank/ Facing space and staffing shortages, hospitals in California have been placed in a situation that is becoming increasingly dire. In fact, the Golden State on Wednesday became the first US state to reach the grim milestone of 2 million COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic. Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recently announced that an 82-year-old man being treated for the novel coronavirus was fatally beaten by a fellow COVID-19 patient last week. In a Wednesday-released advisory, the department identified the suspect as 37-year-old Jesse Martinez, and said that the attack took place on December 17 at approximately 9:45 a.m. local time. 

Praying COVID-19 patient, 82, is bludgeoned to death at Lancaster hospital

Praying COVID-19 patient, 82, is bludgeoned to death at Lancaster hospital Lila Seidman © (Google) Exterior of Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, where one patient beat another patient to death, authorities said. (Google) A COVID-19 patient beat a fellow patient to death with an oxygen tank last week at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, authorities said. The victim, an 82-year-old Latino man, was being treated for a COVID-19 infection in a two-person room with suspect Jesse Martinez, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Martinez, 37, reportedly became upset when the victim, a Catholic, started to pray. He then struck his octogenarian roommate with an oxygen tank just before 10 a.m. Thursday, the Sheriff s Department said.

COVID-19 patient in California kills hospital mate with oxygen tank

© Getty Images A coronavirus patient in California was charged with murder, a hate crime enhancement and elder abuse after reportedly killing his hospital roommate who also had COVID-19, NBC News reports. Jesse Martinez, 37, allegedly struck the 82-year-old Hispanic victim with an oxygen tank. Martinez became angry after the elderly man started to pray, according to a statement from Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department. The victim was also ill with the coronavirus, and was being treated along with Martinez in a two-person hospital room. ADVERTISEMENT The incident at the Antelope Valley Hospital, located in Lancaster, Calif., occurred on Dec. 17. The victim passed away from his injuries the following day.

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