70-Year-Old Woman Attacked In Long Beach While Helping Homeless Community

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LONG BEACH (CBSLA) — Christine Barry, a 70-year-old Long Beach resident, runs a nonprofit organization called ‘Ashlee’s Homeless Fund,’ and spends much of her time giving back to the homeless community.

Now, she has become yet another in a concerning trend seen across Los Angeles County over recent months – a string of attacks by homeless individuals on innocent people. Most recently, the murders of Brianna Kupfer and Sandra Shells, as well as reports of the homeless man that attempted to sexually assault two women within the span of 20 minutes in the Fairfax District Wednesday.

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