SPOKANE, Wash. — An 88-year-old veteran of World War II was beaten to death outside the Eagles Lodge in Spokane, and police are seeking two young males in the incident.
Friends identified the victim as Delbert Belton, and say he was sitting outside the lodge when he was attacked. No motive was offered.
Police say they received a call about an assault at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and responded to find the victim sitting in his car with serious head injuries. The victim was taken to a hospital, and died Thursday morning.
Police say they are looking for two males between the ages of 16 and 19 years old.
KXLY-TV reported that Belton was shot in the leg during the Battle for Okinawa during World War II.
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The station said he later worked for Kaiser Aluminum for 30 years. Friends say he was known as "Shorty," and enjoyed playing pool and working on cars. His wife passed away several years ago.
"It does appear random. He was in the parking lot, it appears he was assaulted in the parking lot and there was no indication that he would have known these people prior to the assault," Spokane Police Major Crimes Detective Lieutenant Mark Griffiths told the station.
Ted Denison said he was a friend of Belton's for 23 years and cannot comprehend how someone could have carried out such an attack.
"He was always there for me when I needed him," Denison said. "We'd joke back and forth. We were always having fun, some sort of fun."
"I don't understand how somebody could do this. I really don't," he told the station.
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