SPOKANE, Wash –
Spokane Police are looking for whoever is behind a brutal beating on Spokane's
lower South Hill early Tuesday that has left one man in the Intensive Care Unit
clinging to life.
Just a few minutes
before 6 a.m., a passerby called 911 reporting that a man was lying on the
ground on 7th between Washington and Bernard and possibly needed
help, however there was no obvious sign he'd been
attacked.
A fire crew was
dispatched and took the man to the hospital, where medical personnel discovered
the extent of the man's injuries. They
rushed him into the ICU and then to surgery to relieve swelling in his brain
that was the result of some kind of blunt force trauma to the
head.
Police say the man
also had some other abrasions to his legs.
The Major Crimes and
Forensics team spent hours on the scene trying to collect any possible evidence
and take photos, however no weapon was recovered, and police have not heard from
any witnesses.
The man who was
attacked is in his mid-50's and police say he lives in the Spokane area, but
they don't know if he has any family or next of kin, or how long he may have
been there before that 911 call came in.
"His medical condition
was such that by the time we arrived, he was already in the ICU and taken into
surgery, so that's something we're working on with the medical staff, to try and
determine the nature of the injuries and what those could have been caused by,"
said Spokane Police Commander Brad Arleth.
Police are asking you
for help; if you saw anyone or anything suspicious in that area between 3 a.m.
and 6 a.m. Tuesday, call Crime Check at 456-2233 or the SPD tip line at
242-TIPS.