An Asian woman in her 60s was killed in a sledgehammer attack on Christmas Eve morning while walking her dog on a college campus in Los Angeles County, California, police said.
The woman was collecting recyclables at the El Camino College campus near Torrance when she was suddenly attacked by a man with sledgehammer around 7:00 a.m., KTLA reported. The man fled the scene before law enforcement arrived.
“A passerby had spotted the fallen woman next to the gymnasium building. Arriving officers found the woman unconscious and bleeding from her head,” according to the report. “Her dog had remained by her side. Paramedics transferred the woman to a local hospital where she died on Christmas Day from her injuries.”
Campus police identified the suspect as 40-year-old Jeffery Davis after reviewing surveillance footage. Police said they have seen Davis around the community…
