A kindhearted Los Angeles man was beaten to death at his home by a homeless he sheltered in his backyard Wednesday.
Authorities didn’t identify the suspect nor the victim who was found with fatal head injuries at his home in the 1000 block of West 98th Street at around 6:30 p.m.
When police were first alerted of the incident, they were told about an altercation between the two men in the backyard.
Upon arrival, the homeowner was lying on the ground with a severe head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect who ran away after hitting his host with a hammer was arrested shortly later.
Detectives are investigating the incident but it was confirmed that the homeless man was allowed to live in the backyard by his victim.
Similar criminal acts are in a surge in Los Angeles as the city recorded more than 300 murders this year until late November, a number that had not been hit since 2009.
