Builder held in deadly Los Angeles hammer attack

Published May 23, 2014 5:03pm ET



LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arrested a 21-year-old construction worker on suspicion of using a hammer to bludgeon a co-worker to death at a building site.

City News Service reports Christian Valdez was taken into custody Thursday at his home, a couple of blocks from the crime scene in the Silver Lake area.

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