Brianna Kupfer’s killer, 31-year-old Shawn Laval Smith was arrested in Pasadena on Wednesday just before 12 noon local time.
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Fox 11 reported:
Shawn Laval Smith, the suspected killer of Brianna Kupfer, was taken into custody Wednesday in Pasadena in connection with the 24-year-old UCLA grad student’s stabbing death, the victim’s father confirmed to FOX 11.
He was arrested by Pasadena police officers around 11:50 a.m. at a bus stop near the intersection of E. Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue, approximately 17 miles from the furniture store where Kupfer was murdered, officials said.
24-year-old Brianna Kupfer was stabbed to death at Croft House, a luxury furniture store on North La Brea Avenue last week.
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Shawn Smith walked into the furniture store where Brianna was working alone, stabbed her, then casually strolled out the backdoor into an alley.
Shawn Laval Smith has a long rap sheet and was arrested and released 12 separate times.
Smith was out on $1,000 bail when he fatally stabbed Brianne Kupfer.
Brianna’s father blamed woke politicians and prosecutors for his daughter’s death.
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