TV Newsman Severely Beaten During Robbery Is Released From Hospital

ABC newsman Gary Shepard, whose skull was fractured during a robbery at his Malibu home, was discharged Sunday from Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center, where he had undergone surgery, hospital spokesman Ted Braun said.

“He was discharged in a good condition and good spirits,” Braun said.

Shepard, who covered the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars, was attacked at his home Tuesday.

Five homeless men were arrested Wednesday near the Santa Monica Pier for allegedly trying to sell Shepard’s 1987 Toyota Celica to an undercover policeman.