An 82-year-old man who was being treated for Covid-19 at a hospital north of Los Angeles was bludgeoned to death with an oxygen tank last week by his roommate, the authorities said. The men were sharing a two-person room at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, Calif., when the assault happened on Dec. 17, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. The Sheriff’s Department said the attack had occurred when the victim began to pray, angering the roommate, who was identified as Jesse Martinez, 37. Mr. Martinez struck the older man with an oxygen tank at about 9:45 a.m., the Sheriff’s Department said. A spokeswoman for the hospital said on Thursday that she could not comment on an ongoing criminal investigation.

Source: New York Times December 24, 2020 22:52 UTC