MENIFEE (CNS) - A man was beaten to death today in Menifee, allegedly
by a known assailant or assailants who are now the focus of a homicide
investigation.The attack happened shortly before 3 a.m. at a house in the 28200
block of Serenity Falls Way, near Bankside Drive, according to Menifee police
Capt. Dave Gutierrez.He said that 911 dispatchers received a report of a suicide, with the
caller stating that the victim, whose identity was not immediately released,
required lifesaving treatment.Patrol officers and Riverside County Fire Department paramedics
reached the location within minutes and found the man suffering "significant
trauma to his upper body, inconsistent with a suicide,'' according to
Gutierrez.Paramedics attempted lifesaving measures, but the victim