The 72-year-old roommate of an 'agitated' resident was found dead in their room at a California care home, authorities reported. The man, identified as Michael Patterson, died of severe injuries from an assault in the 4:40 a.m. incident Friday, Nov. 1, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Workers at the long-term care facility in Thousand Oaks called for help after deputies said Thomas Buckley, 58, broke a window and refused to allow anyone to approach him.
While deputies detained Buckley, whom they described as 'agitated,' workers checked on his roommate and found him with 'severe injuries, apparently caused by an assault,' deputies said.
Buckley faces charges of murder, assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism, deputies said.
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