A 100-year-old man was found dead in his Los Angeles neighborhood on Thursday and police are trying to determine if a man arrested in an assault case is related to the death.
The elderly man was found in his home in Encino at about 12:50 “with numerous contusions and tear wounds” and was pronounced dead, Los Angeles police said in a statement.
Police call his death a homicide.
About an hour earlier, police were called over an assault with a deadly weapon and arrested a man in the case, police said.
The assault victim sustained minor injuries that were not necessary, police said. The person arrested in the assault case has not been identified.
An ax and knife were found in the assault case, but police did not say which weapon was used or how.
“The investigation is at a preliminary stage,” police said in a statement. “Detectives will question the suspect to determine if he is responsible for the elderly’s death.”
The call for the assault was one street away from where the body of the elderly man was found.
More information is not immediately available to the police.
Encino is a suburb in the San Fernando Valley department of Los Angeles.
