WWII Vet Dies After Being Brutally Beaten by Two Teens With Flashlights

WWII Vet Dies After Being Brutally Beaten by Two Teens With Flashlights

KXLY reported: WWII veteran Delbert Belton survived being wounded in action during the Battle of Okinawa only to be beaten and left for dead by two teens at the Eagles Lodge in Spokane on Wednesday evening. Belton, 88, succumbed to his injuries Thursday morning at Sacred Heart Medical Center.

Witnesses say Belton was in the parking lot of the Eagles Lodge at 6410 N. Lidgerwood, adjacent to the Eagles Ice-A-Rena, around 8 p.m. Wednesday when the two male suspects attacked him as he was about to head inside to play pool.

Police responded with K-9s to track the suspects’ scent but were not able to locate them.

Belton died from his injuries Thursday morning at Sacred Heart Medical Center.

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