{"id":84602,"date":"2019-01-08T14:57:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=84602"},"modified":"2019-01-08T15:02:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T23:02:29","slug":"authorities-identify-man-killed-in-lancaster-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/01\/08\/authorities-identify-man-killed-in-lancaster-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities identify man killed in Lancaster assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_84604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84604\" style=\"width: 734px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84604\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Frank-Borsotti-and-crime-scene.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Frank-Borsotti-and-crime-scene.jpg 734w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Frank-Borsotti-and-crime-scene-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Borsotti (inset) died at the hospital about five hours after the attack. [Main image: April Jenkins, Inset image: Family members via KTLA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; Authorities have formally identified the man who suffered fatal injuries in an assault in Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frank Borsotti<\/strong>, 62, of Lancaster died at a hospital about five hours after the attack, which occurred around 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box on the 43600 block of 10th Street West, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department and Coroner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded to the scene to investigate a report of an assault, and &#8220;upon the deputies&#8217; arrival, they found the victim on the ground suffering from obvious trauma,&#8221; according to a according <a href=\"http:\/\/nixle.us\/an8qe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release from the Sheriff&#8217;s Information Bureau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The motive behind the attack is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies are still searching for the male suspect, who was seen leaving the area in a champagne-colored four-door car, according to the sheriff&#8217;s department.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Borsotti\u00a0was a grandfather of six who worked for Caltrans for 30 years, family members told KTLA. The television station posted surveillance video of the attack on its website. View the <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/2019\/01\/04\/grandfather-who-died-after-being-assaulted-in-lancaster-jack-in-the-box-parking-lot-was-getting-lunch-for-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTLA story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are looking for anyone who may have been at the scene when the victim was injured. Anyone with information on the assault is urged to call the Sheriff&#8217;s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling (800) 222-TIPS or at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lacrimestoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Previous related story:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/01\/04\/man-killed-in-suspected-assault-in-lancaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man killed in suspected assault in Lancaster<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; Authorities have formally identified the man who suffered fatal injuries in an assault in Lancaster. Frank Borsotti, 62, of Lancaster died at a hospital about five hours after the attack, which occurred around 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box on the 43600 block of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84604,"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\/84602"}],"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=84602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}