Overview
- Witness and social media videos released over the weekend capture the attacker grabbing a metal object and a car later driving over the victim.
- Police say the confrontation began as a verbal dispute around 12:42 p.m. near Wilshire and San Vicente boulevards before escalating into a beating and vehicular assault.
- The victim was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and died from his injuries, and authorities have not yet released his name.
- Officers arrived within minutes, contained the area, and arrested Christopher Cornelius, 54, of San Bernardino, who was found hiding in a nearby building.
- Cornelius was booked on suspicion of murder, is being held on $2 million bail, and, according to police, has an extensive criminal record as detectives continue to examine any link between him and the victim.