Neighborhood artist dies after brutal street beating in Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A Broward County community is grieving after two men beat a local artist who later died at Hollywood Memorial Hospital of complications with his injuries.

David Levine was walking with a cart full of art supplies on Jan. 15 near his apartment at the Colony Club, 1900 Taylor St., in Hollywood, when the attack happened.

Levine, 70, was able to walk home and report the two attackers. Hollywood Police Department detectives are investigating the attack.

They are asking anyone with information to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

A GoFundMe page was started to help raise money for Levine’s funeral and burial expenses. The page can be found by clicking here.


About the Authors

Janine Stanwood joined Local 10 News in February 2004 as an assignment editor. She is now a general assignment reporter. Before moving to South Florida from her Washington home, Janine was the senior legislative correspondent for a United States senator on Capitol Hill.

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.

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