A suspect was detained after allegedly beating a man to death with a large stick, authorities say.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department stated that, around 4 a.m. Saturday, deputies from the Walnut station were dispatched to the 18000 block of Colima Road in Rowland Heights on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon.
Upon arriving, the deputies found the victim – only identified as a male adult – with blunt force trauma injuries at the intersection of Colima Road and Jellick Avenue. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by L.A. County Fire Department paramedics.
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“Deputies learned the suspect, who was armed with a large stick, hit the victim,” LASD said in a statement. “The suspect was seen leaving the location on a bus, which was stopped by deputy personnel.”…