LOS ANGELES, CA. (THECOUNT) — Laquisha Jones of Los Angeles, was arrested Tuesday night in connection with a brutal beating of 92-year-old man, Rodolfo Rodriguez, in the Los Angeles suburb of Willowbrook, officials said.
Jones, 30 is accused of a vicious beating that occurred on July 4 near the corner of 118th Street and Central Avenue. An eyewitness said the elderly man, later identified as Rodriguez, was walking down the sidewalk when he passed a woman, who then, for some reason, began beating him with a brick or a large stone.
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The witness told police the woman beat Rodriguez, at times using what appeared to be a brick or a piece of concrete.
“The woman pushed him and dropped him. She took the block of concrete and hit him in his head many times,” the witness said. source
The witness was able to get a picture of the woman who was walking with a little girl. In that photo, she is seen holding a piece of concrete.
Jones was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. She is being held on $200,000 bail.
Detectives said they do not yet have a motive behind the beating.