Los Angeles ER nurse dies after attack near Union Station

Sandra Shells, a nurse, was attacked close to Los Angeles' Union Station.
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The Los Angeles nurse who was hospitalized Thursday after being attacked by a homeless man close to the town’s Union Station has died from her accidents, stories mentioned Sunday.

Sandra Shells, who was believed to be in her 60s or 70s, labored at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Middle, in accordance to the Los Angeles Occasions. The hospital remembered Shells as a tireless employee who will “all the time be remembered as a ‘type, compassionate and giving nurse.’”

The assault occurred simply after 5 a.m. at a bus cease on East Chavez Avenue, Fox 11 reported. The nurse reportedly was struck within the head and fell to the bottom. The station reported that she was rushed to the identical hospital the place she labored to endure mind surgical procedure.

Kerry Bell, 48, was arrested and booked on expenses of tried homicide, the Occasions reported. ABC 7 reported that Bell was nabbed sleeping close to the location of the assault. The paper, citing police, mentioned his bail was set at $2 million.

“As a frontline important employee, she helped save numerous lives all through the pandemic and it's a heartbreaking loss to lose a hero,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis mentioned in an announcement.