Meredith also quickly realizes that Alex was in fact the one who beat Deluca. She covers for him and the two continue to lie to everyone in the hospital about Alex's actions.

Does DeLuca die on GREY's anatomy?

In the end, DeLuca lost too much blood, and he died in the operating room. Time of death — 22:50. That said, DeLuca was given a proper goodbye on Meredith Grey's (Ellen Pompeo) dream beach. Then in his final scene, the beloved Grey's Anatomy character walked away with his mother.

What happens to DeLuca when Karev beats him up?

Getting the wrong impression of the situation, he proceeded to brutally beat the resident, landing DeLuca in the hospital. Although the doctors were temporarily concerned that he was going to lose his vision, Andrew eventually recovered just fine — physically, if not emotionally.