A 69-year-old Jewish man’s death following a confrontation with pro-Palestine demonstrators in Thousand Oaks on Sunday is being investigated as a homicide, the Venture County Sheriff’s office said Monday.
Paul Kessler died Monday from blunt force trauma to the head, according to the Sheriff’s office, which also said, “Witness accounts indicated that Kessler was involved in a physical altercation with counter-protestor(s). During the altercation, Kessler fell backwards and struck his head on the ground.”
The Sheriff’s office has not ruled out that a hate crime occurred; no arrests have been made so far.
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