NASCAR driver stabbed

According to the City of Westminster Police Department, officers found East on the ground after getting stabbed in the chest at the gas station, and paramedics ...

East was the son of Janice and USAC Hall of Fame car builder Bob East, and was a star at the USAC level. No officers were harmed in the incident. The United States Auto Club and RFK Racing confirmed that the driver died this week.

East won three championships in USAC and competed full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series in 2006.

After making his last NASCAR start in 2008, East returned to USAC competition and built his racing legacy there, winning two Silver Crown championships in 2012 and 2013. The son of USAC Hall of Fame car builder Bob East, Bobby East enjoyed his greatest racing success in USAC while also briefly racing in NASCAR for several years in the 2000s. Officers were sent to the gas station and East was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police fatally shot a suspect in the stabbing while executing a search warrant on Friday, officials said.

Police requested the West County SWAT Team "due to the level of violence he had been exhibiting," police said. He captured the titles in 2004, 2012 and 2013. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he died, police said. Trent William Millsap is suspected of stabbing the victim.Read the full release: https://t.co/RWqrzwxjAi pic.twitter.com/NKGcNcrrRz July 14, 2022 A primary suspect in the shooting, identified by police as 27-year-old Trent William Millsap, allegedly fled the area before police arrived. "Subsequently an officer involved shooting occurred."

Former NASCAR driver Robert "Bobby" East was fatally stabbed Wednesday at a Southern California gas station, authorities said.

Thoughts and prayers to his family." “NASCAR is saddened to learn of the tragic death of Bobby East," the sanctioning body for stock car racing said. It's not clear why he was in Westminster, about 33 miles south of San Dimas. "He and his family were true racers. Prayers for justice and peace." He earned his chops behind the wheel in multiple United States Auto Club, or USAC, races and series.

A man who allegedly fatally stabbed professional race car driver Bobby East at a Southern California gas station was later killed in a police shooting as ...

As authorities attempted to arrest Milsap, he allegedly became confrontational, was shot and later died at a hospital, according to police. A police K-9 that was deployed at the scene also sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound, police said. Police responded to the gas station Wednesday evening and found East suffering from a wound to the chest, police said.

East was filling up his vehicle at a 76 gas station in Westminster, Calif., at around 6 p.m. Wednesday when he was confronted by a man and stabbed in the ...

On Friday, police said in news release that an officer-involved shooting took place at an Anaheim apartment where the West County SWAT team responded to serve a warrant for Millsap. It’s unclear whether Millsap was arrested or killed. My love and thoughts are with his parents Bob and Janice, and the entire East family. Police announced that Trent William Millsap, 27, was a suspect in the stabbing. He competed in dozens of races for NASCAR as part of its Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series between 2005 and 2008, according to racing news site Frontstretch. Deadline also reported that East was the one fatally stabbed. “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.”

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 ...

“We extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Bobby, a true racer.” He was just 16 in 2001 when he became the youngest driver to win a feature USAC National Midget race. He had 56 USAC-sanctioned feature victories, 48 of them in national divisions.

Professional racecar driver Bobby East was stabbed and killed at a California gas station, Westminster police said Saturday. He was 37.

East was born in Torrance, Calif. His father, Bob East, was a noted short-track car builder, and Bobby was just 16 in 2001 when he became the youngest driver to win a feature USAC National Midget race. Bobby East won 15 USAC races in 2004 and soon dabbled in a short NASCAR career. “We extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Bobby, a true racer.”

Bobby East, a stock car driver who competed in NASCAR's lower circuits and won three titles with the USAC, died after being fatally stabbed during an ...

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