Paul Kessler has died after sustaining a head injury following a physical altercation during dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
, and said they’ve twice made contact with a suspect — once on the scene, and again during a traffic stop for a vehicle search.
A subsequent autopsy determined that Kessler had died of “blunt force head trauma,” said Dr. Christopher Young, Chief Medical Examiner of Ventura County, at Tuesday’s press conference. He noted that the injuries to the back of Kessler’s head, including “skull fractures, swelling of the brain, and bruising to the brain” are “consistent with and typical of injuries sustained from a fall,” indicating that this was likely the blunt trauma that led to Kessler’s death.
Witnesses at the scene told investigators that prior to his injury, Kessler, who was present to advocate for Israel, had been involved in some kind of altercation with a pro-Palestine protester, said Sheriff Fryhoff, though there were conflicting accounts of exactly what kind of interaction transpired. All he could say for certain is that witness accounts agreed Kessler had fallen and struck the back of his head on the ground.
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