CA - Peter Chounthala, USMC, 42, pedestrian, hit-and-run death after assault, Bellflower, 28 May 2024

[ifindedout]

LA County approves $20,000 reward to find men who brutally beat Marine

After the brutal beating, a passing car ran over the Marine. The driver did not stop and fled the scene.

www.cbsnews.com

The vicious assault happened on May 28 at about 2:02 a.m. when multiple men started beating 42-year-old Peter Chounthala near Virginia Avenue and Artesia Boulevard, according to the Board.

After the brutal beating, he collapsed in the middle of the street before a driver ran him over. Both the assailants and the driver left the scene before police arrived.

Detectives from the LA County Sheriff's Department described the car that ran over Chounthala as a dark-colored, four-door sedan resembling a 2021-2023 Kia K5.


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[JoeFromLB]

Thanks for posting that.
Murder happened in May but the news is just breaking now because there's a reward. How many more terrible crimes do not get reported? The crime in L.A. County is skyrocketing.