Former Nascar driver Bobby East stabbed to death at California gas station

Bobby East, a three-time US Auto Club national champion and former Nascar driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a southern California gas station. He was 37.

The Westminster Police Department issued a statement on Saturday identifying Robert John East of San Dimas as the person stabbed in the chest at a 76 gas station on Wednesday. The statement said the stabbing suspect, Trent William Millsap, was shot and killed in Anaheim on Friday as officers tried to arrest him.

Police say they have no motive for the stabbing and the investigation into both deaths is ongoing. They said they arrived at the gas station shortly before 6pm to find East suffering from a stab wound. He was taken to University of California, Irvine Medical Center, where he died.

Westminster police said Millsap, 27, was on parole for armed robbery and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for an unrelated parole violation.