THE UCLA scholar murdered whereas working in an upmarket furnishings retailer informed a good friend a few man who gave her "unhealthy vibes" in a chilling final message.
Brianna Kupfer, a College of California Los Angeles graduate scholar, was stabbed to demise in LA on January 13.
Simply after 1:30pm, she messaged a good friend saying somebody on the retailer "was giving her a foul vibe".
A client entered the shop quarter-hour later and located the 24-year-old "lifeless and lined in blood", police mentioned.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Cops at the moment are searching suspect Shawn Laval Smith who was out on bail on the time of the assault.
Police warn that the 31-year-old, who has a prolonged rap sheet, ought to be thought of “armed and harmful”.
Cops say he has been seen in Pasadena, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Covina, San Diego, and San Francisco.
Police information present that Smith was arrested on a misdemeanor cost in October 2020 and was launched on a $1,000 bail.
The character of the cost isn’t recognized, and it’s not clear why the case nonetheless hadn’t been dropped at trial.
He was beforehand arrested in 2015, 2016, and 2018 in Cherokee, North Carolina.
The fees had been unclear and the instances have been disposed of.
Smith was wished on 14 lively warrants for bicycle thefts in Charlotte.
'CAREER CRIMINAL'
He was accused of shoplifting, and allegedly assaulted a police officer, a regulation enforcement supply informed Fox Information Digital.
His earlier prices embrace assault with a lethal weapon, carrying a hid weapon, trespassing, and possession of a stolen car.
Smith has additionally failed to indicate up earlier than the court docket and has been arrested on bench warrants in each 2016 and 2019.
The 31-year-old was arrested on suspicion of firing a weapon into an unoccupied car in November 2019.
He was launched on a $50,000 bond and the case stays pending.
Kupfer was attacked in broad daylight and was discovered by a buyer.
New surveillance video from LAPD's murder unit confirmed the suspect at a 7-Eleven retailer roughly half-hour after Kupfer was slain.
The person in a darkish hoodie, sun shades, and a white N-95 masks is seen strolling into the shop with a black backpack and interacting with the shop clerk.
'A KIND SOUL'
Kupfer, a College of Miami graduate, returned to the Golden State to check design at UCLA.
She had labored on the furnishings retailer part-time as a guide for a few 12 months, her father Todd Kupfer informed Fox Information.
Todd described his daughter as robust and vivacious, and the form of particular person "we want on this earth."
He mentioned she had a bucket listing on her telephone that mapped out journey and life plans.
Todd added: “She was a sort soul and all the time making an attempt to make herself higher and all the pieces round her higher.”
He mentioned that her 21-year-old sister has been left “utterly damaged” by the loss.
A household assertion mentioned: "Whereas she (Brianna) may very well be shy at instances, she lit up any room she was in and strove to raise everybody she met so that they may very well be higher variations of themselves."
HUNT FOR KILLER
There's a $250,000 reward for info resulting in Smith’s arrest.
Paul Koretz, of the Los Angeles Metropolis Council, mentioned: “We'll get him arrested and we are going to prosecute to the fullest extent of the regulation.”
LAPD police chief Michel Moore mentioned officers are "pulling out each cease" to resolve the crime.
Anybody with info ought to name the LAPD's West Bureau Murder investigators at 213-382-9470.
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