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Showing Original Post only (View all)WWII vet, beaten by teens outside Eagles Lodge, dies [View all]
SPOKANE, Wash. -
WWII veteran Delbert Belton survived being wounded in action during the Battle of Okinawa only to be beaten and left for dead by two teens at the Eagles Lodge in Spokane on Wednesday evening.
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Belton, 89, died from the injuries he suffered in the beating Thursday morning at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
Witnesses say the Belton was in the parking lot of the Eagles Lodge at 6410 N. Lidgerwood, adjacent to the Eagles Ice-A-Rena, around 8 p.m. Wednesday when the two male suspects attacked him.
Belton died from his injuries Thursday at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
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Seriously -- this, Zimmerman killing Martin, and the Christopher Lane murder
anneboleyn
Aug 2013
#19
IMO we often live in a sick society ... I'm not sure if it's worse now or if we just have
RKP5637
Aug 2013
#53
This wasn't an accidental killing as the result of a mutual fight or a mugging gone bad.
Mike Daniels
Aug 2013
#93
Violence and/or emotional neglect in the family should DEFINITELY be investigated......
AverageJoe90
Aug 2013
#115
If only we could provide teens when easier, more convenient ways of making money
Supersedeas
Aug 2013
#84
It always is because of the response it evokes in the black and white communities.
FarCenter
Aug 2013
#35
I thought you didn't believe in racism -or maybe you believe only white people are the victims of it
CreekDog
Aug 2013
#117
What a shame. I had lunch at that Eagles Lodge a couple of years ago. I met a good
brewens
Aug 2013
#36
You get real -- Anger is one thing, outright racist ranting/Obama bashing is another...
Blue_Tires
Aug 2013
#97
I really think those two punks beat Belton because he was an elderly guy.
life long demo
Aug 2013
#107