A confrontation with a drifter at a Westminster, Califonia gas station Wednesday resulted in a stabbing that claimed the life of top NASCAR driver Bobby East, Deadline reports.
According to the report, Westminster is normally very safe community bordered by the city of Seal Beach on the west, Garden Grove on the north and east, and by Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley on the south.
Police as reported by Deadline arrested one Trent William Millsap, 27. Millsap who is the suspected to have allegedly stabbed Bobby East in the chest while he was fueling his vehicle. Bobby East was taken to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead.
“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,” said a police statement.
Millsap was also accused of stabbing another man at the 76 gas station before the East attack.
According to the report, after the incident, Westminster police tracked Millsap down to an apartment in Anaheim, a SWAT team was sent to the location and, during the service of a search warrant, Millsap was shot.
He later dies from his injuries at UC Irvine Medical Center, a rep for Westminster PD told KCBS-TV.
East, a native of Torrance, California, was a three-time US Auto Club (USAC) champion. He won the SAC Silver Crown championships in 2012 and 2013.
He is the son of USAC Hall of Fame car builder Bob East.