A confrontation with a drifter at a Westminster, Calif. fuel station Wednesday resulted in a stabbing that claimed the lifetime of high NASCAR driver Bobby East.
Westminster is generally very protected group bordered by the town of Seal Beach on the west, Garden Grove on the north and east, and by Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley on the south.
Police are searching for Trent William Millsap, 27. Millsap allegedly stabbed East within the chest whereas he was fueling his automobile. East was taken to a close-by hospital, however was pronounced lifeless.
“Officers attempted life saving measures until OCFA paramedics arrived and transported the victim to a local trauma center, where the victim succumbed to his injury,” mentioned a police assertion.
Millsap was additionally accused of stabbing one other man on the 76 fuel station earlier than the East assault.
UPDATE: Westminster police tracked Millsap right down to an residence in Anaheim, a SWAT crew was despatched to the situation and, through the service of a search warrant, Millsap was shot. He later dies from his accidents at UC Irvine Medical Center, a rep for Westminster PD instructed KCBS-TV.
East, a local of Torrance, California, was a three-time US Auto Club (USAC) champion. He gained the SAC Silver Crown championships in 2012 and 2013.
He is the son of USAC Hall of Fame automobile builder Bob East.