A 37-year-old man who allegedly used an oxygen tank to beat to death a fellow Covid patient in his California hospital bed last week in USA has been charged with murder and hate crime.
Jesse Martinez became upset when the 82-year-old man sharing his hospital room started praying, according to Los Angeles police.
Martinez then allegedly grabbed an oxygen tank and bludgeoned the elderly patient.
The victim died the day after the attack.
California hospitals are struggling to cope after the state recorded one million new infections in just six weeks.
More than two million cases have now been confirmed in California since the pandemic began.
Jesse Martinez became upset when the 82-year-old man sharing his hospital room started praying, according to Los Angeles police.
Martinez then allegedly grabbed an oxygen tank and bludgeoned the elderly patient.
The victim died the day after the attack.
California hospitals are struggling to cope after the state recorded one million new infections in just six weeks.
More than two million cases have now been confirmed in California since the pandemic began.
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