A homeless man was electrocuted to death while attempting to steal copper wiring from a California construction site, causing a power outage affecting 2,500 homes. The incident occurred in a vacant strip mall under demolition, and witnesses reported a loud explosion before the electricity went out. Authorities stated the man was part of a group warned about the dangers of tampering with live wires.
An apparently homeless thief was electrocuted to death while trying to steal copper wiring from a California construction site — as power was knocked out to 2,500 homes, reports said. The unidentified man was killed Sunday in a vacant strip mall that’s in the process of being demolished, with witnesses saying they heard a loud explosion at around 2 p.
m. before electricity went out for several hours, police told“She just kept saying, ‘Help us,’ and I was like, ‘What am I supposed to do?,'” Mykil Walker told the outlet. A construction worker at the scene said it wasn’t the first time someone tried to nab copper from the demolition site. Mamdani's woke, privileged tenant advocate breaks down crying when asked about hypocritical gentrification commentsDramatic footage shows ICE agent in Minneapolis shoot, kill woman as feds say she tried to run down officer with car “Obviously, we kick them out for security reasons and safety reasons,” Frederico Velarde told CBS. “They just keep coming back.: The unidentified man was killed Sunday in a vacant strip mall that’s in the process of being demolished, with witnesses saying they heard a loud explosion at around 2 p.m. before electricity went out for several hours.The would-be thief was apparently part of a larger crew of transients that were living on the property and who had been warned about the dangers of tampering with the live wires, Velarde said. Power had been cut above ground but the wiring underground — where the man was electrocuted — was still live, CBS reported. The theft of copper wiring is widespread throughout Los Angeles, leaving many communities in the dark, as the valuable metal is being stolen for resale.Mamdani's woke, privileged tenant advocate breaks down crying when asked about hypocritical gentrification commentsDramatic footage shows ICE agent in Minneapolis shoot, kill woman as feds say she tried to run down officer with carMatt Kalil’s lawyer blasts ex-wife Haley Baylee for chasing ‘fortune and fame’ with indecent penis comments ‘Jack Ryan’ Clip From 2019 Goes Viral For Predicting Venezuela Would Be A “Major Threat On The World Stage” Amid 2026 U.S. Invasion
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