7-Eleven Clerk Fatally Stabs Man In Store: LAPD

LOS ANGELES, CA — A 7-Eleven store clerk stabbed and killed a man early Wednesday morning inside a Mid-Wilshire store, authorities said.

The fatal stabbing occurred just after midnight at the 7-Eleven store at 5279 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles Police Department Detective Meghan Aguilar said. The clerk called the police to say that he stabbed a man.

Authorities arrived on the scene to find a 40-year-old man who had been stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife. He was rushed to a hospital where he died a short time later, police said.

Police detained the employee for questioning to determine whether he would be booked for a crime, she said.

The man's name was not released pending notification of relatives.

Authorities did not immediately say what prompted the stabbing nor whether the clerk and the stabbing victim knew each other.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.