A 32-year-old security guard was allegedly beaten to death by mob men outside the Dragonfly Hollywood nightclub on Sunday.
Daniel Sandifer, a father of two from Compton, was beaten to death by seven to eleven men. according to Witnesses said a group of men confronted Sandifer about something, and the altercation turned violent. At one point, the group allegedly punched and stomped on Sandifer when he fell to the floor.
“As a father of two girls, he didn’t deserve this,” an anonymous friend told the magazine. “He didn’t deserve this. A good man…a good man who loved him as a person and cared about his family.”
Sandifer was rushed to a local hospital but later died of his injuries, ABC reported.
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a violent altercation outside the Dragonfly nightclub on Hollywood’s Santa Monica Boulevard. Police said security guards rushed to the hospital after a large-scale brawl.Click here for details @ABC7 5 am. https://t.co/a8eFAq2G6p pic.twitter.com/3anhaDLKZI
— Mark Cota-Roblesse (@abc7marccr) July 30, 2023
A homicide detective with the Western Division of the Los Angeles Police Department is asking all witnesses to come forward and provide all cell phone footage of the incident. The attacker, believed to be in his 20s, fled the scene on foot. according to to the New York Post. (Related: Los Angeles District Attorney Offers Shuttle Service to Workers to Avoid Crime-Ravaged City)
In addition to working as a security guard and father, Sandifer was also the primary caregiver for his grandmother, The Los Angeles Times reported. report.
