California jogger ‘filmed himself killing homeless man’ who blocked sidewalk

‘This case is a stark reminder that taking the law into your own hands is never the answer’ the Orange county DA said. Photograph: Stephen Barnes/Law and Order/Alamy

A California jogger allegedly filmed himself killing a homeless man who was blocking the sidewalk, according to prosecutors announcing charges against him.

Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, was jogging with his two dogs and pushing a cart on 28 September when he came across Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, who was sleeping in the middle of the sidewalk, prosecutors in Orange county, California, said.