Bobby East, a three-time USAC nationwide champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gasoline station.
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — Bobby East, a three-time USAC nationwide champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gasoline station. He was 37.
The Westminster Police Division issued a press release Saturday figuring out Robert John East of San Dimas because the individual stabbed within the chest at a 76 gasoline station Wednesday. The assertion stated the stabbing suspect, Trent William Milsap, was shot and killed in Anaheim on Friday as officers tried to arrest him.
Police say they haven’t any motive for the stabbing and the investigation into each deaths is ongoing.
They stated they arrived on the gasoline station shortly earlier than 6 p.m. to seek out East affected by a stab. He was taken to College of California, Irvine Medical Heart, the place he died.
East, whose father was a famous short-track automobile builder, gained USAC’s Nationwide Midgets title in 2004 and Silver Crown championships in 2012 and 2013. He had 56 USAC-sanctioned function victories, 48 of them in nationwide divisions.
“Very unhappy to listen to of the tragic incident involving Legend USAC driver Bobby East. He was one heck of a wheelman,” tweeted former Truck Collection champion Todd Bodine.
Westminster police stated Milsap, 28, was on parole for armed theft and had an excellent warrant for his arrest for an unrelated parole violation.
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