A 100-year-old man was found dead in a house in Encino Thursday afternoon, prompting a homicide investigation.
Los Angeles Police Department officers were called by the Los Angeles Fire Department to the 17700 block of Alonzo Place, north of the Encino Reservoir, at about 12:50 p.m. to investigate reports of a man found with numerous lacerations inside of a house, police said.
The man died at the scene. The victim’s identity was not immediately known.
Police were initially called to the area on reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. Officers found a man with lacerations on his left arm in the 4400 block of Coronet Drive in Encino at about 11:50 a.m., paramedics tended to him but he did not require treatment, police said.
The victim and witnesses at the scene directed officers to a man, later identified as 47-year-old Adam Dimmerman, who was taken into custody. An axe and a knife were recovered from the scene, police said.
Thursday evening, police said they booked Dimmerman for the homicide at Alonzo Place. His bail was set at $2 million.
Anyone with additional information related to the case can call Detective Steve Castro at 818-374-1925. Anonymous tips can be called into Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.
