NASCAR driver Bobby East was stabbed to death during a confrontation with a driver at a gas station in California — and police are still searching for the suspect.
The former American Automobile Club champion was found on the ground with a chest wound on Wednesday night in Westminster, and police and paramedics were unable to save his life.
Police identified the suspect as Trent William Millsap, 27, who was fleeting. “Millsap also has an unpaid pardon. He should be considered armed and dangerous,” police said.
A SWAT team raided one of his Anaheim apartments on Friday, and a K-9 was shot in what authorities called an “officer-related shooting” that is currently under investigation. check.
Initial police reports said the victim of the gas station shooting could also be an unidentified transient, but Limit line then reported that it was East, 37 years old. The son of a race car builder, he has won races since 2001.
