LANCASTER – A man died Tuesday of injuries he suffered in an assault about three months ago in Lancaster, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Joaquin Alexandre<\/strong>, 61, of Lancaster was pronounced dead around 9:17 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter.<\/p>\n Alexandre had checked himself into a local hospital Monday, Sept. 21, sheriff\u2019s homicide detectives said in a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Los Angeles County Coroner\u2019s Office determined the victim\u2019s death was caused by injuries sustained from an assault that occurred on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in the 44000 block of Shad Street, Lancaster,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s news release states.<\/p>\n Homicide detectives were responding to the hospital to investigate the circumstances surrounding Alexandre\u2019s death, according to the sheriff\u2019s news release, which did not provide any details on the assault or the extent of Alexandre\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n Homicide detectives could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n In a news release issued Wednesday, homicide detectives said the victim\u2019s cause of death is still undetermined and \u201cit is unknown at this time if the injuries he sustained from a June 24, 2015, incident led to his death.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe cause of death will be determined by the Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner -Coroner\u2019s office and has not been determined as previously stated in [an] earlier press release,\u201d homicide detectives said. Read the LASD news release here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LANCASTER – A man died Tuesday of injuries he suffered in an assault about three months ago in Lancaster, authorities said. Joaquin Alexandre, 61, of Lancaster was pronounced dead around 9:17 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. Alexandre had checked himself into a local hospital Monday, Sept. 21, sheriff\u2019s homicide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}UPDATED 9.23.15<\/span>: CAUSE OF DEATH STILL UNDETERMINED
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