So as to kind by means of divergent witness accounts concerning the occasions main as much as the demise of Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish man who fell and fatally injured his head throughout Israel-Hamas struggle protests in Thousand Oaks on Sunday, authorities in Southern California are requesting the general public’s help.
Paul Kessler, was having a disagreement with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator earlier than he fell, however Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said throughout a press convention on Tuesday that it’s nonetheless unknown what triggered the autumn.
“We’re nonetheless ready to see proof of what occurred in that interplay, and whether or not or not there was a blow to the face that triggered the autumn, or if Mr. Kessler fell, with out that being the precipitating occasion,” Fryhoff stated, urging individuals to return ahead with video, photographs or accounts of the incident.
On the protests, that are two of a number of which have risen up in cities across the US both in favour of Israel or to criticise its retribution for the October 7 Hamas bombings, which killed over 1,400 individuals, Kessler was defending Israel, in accordance with the sheriff.
The Palestinian Ministry of Well being in Ramallah has reported that over 10,000 individuals have died in Gaza on account of Israel’s navy onslaught, which it claims was impressed by sources contained in the Hamas-controlled space.
Simply earlier than 3:30pm on Monday, sheriff’s deputies found Kessler nonetheless cognizant and receptive. After being taken to a hospital, Younger claimed, he was declared critically unwell however handed on the subsequent morning from his wounds.
The sheriff said that though Kessler’s demise is being checked out as a murder, the concept of a hate crime has not been dominated out by the authorities.
The sheriff said {that a} 50-year-old suspect who cooperated with detectives was interrogated on the web site and admitted to them that he had a battle with Kessler. The suspect claimed to have been amongst those that contacted 911 to ask for medical help for Kessler.
