Former NASCAR driver Bobby East has died after being stabbed to death at a California gas station.
East, 37, was at a 76 gas station in Westminster on July 13 when he was stabbed in the chest, according to the Westminster Police Department.
Responding officers found the three-time U.S. Auto Club (USAC) champion on the ground, suffering from a serious stab wound to the chest.
“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,” according to Sgt. Eddie Esqueda of the Westminster Police Department.
Bobby East poses for a photograph at the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series media day at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla., on Feb. 9, 2006. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images)
Police identified the suspect as 27-year-old Trent William Millsap, who has an outstanding parole warrant and is described as “armed and dangerous.”…