Police: Third victim dies in attacks on San Diego homeless
SAN DIEGO — A man injured during a series of attacks on homeless men in San Diego died at a hospital — bringing the death toll to three, police said.
Dionicio Derek Vahidy, 23, died Sunday four days after he became the fourth and final victim in the attacks, police said. Vahidy had been in grave condition since Wednesday and had not been expected to survive.
Vahidy was from San Diego and was homeless, police said. He was attacked at an apartment complex downtown, police said. A witness pulled away a burning cloth that the attacker put on him before fleeing.
In the days before the attack on Vahidy, two other men were killed and a third was severely injured. Three victims were sleeping alone, and two were set on fire.