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Chilling security footage shows a knife-wielding man moments before he stabbed a 17-year-old to death in California
The suspect, who has not been named, was taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on Wednesday after a standoff with police at a home in Alhambra.
The man, who has a history of mental illness, has been accused of fatally stabbing Xavier Chavarin, 17, a Woodrow Wilson High School student. The suspect is also accused of stabbing another person hours after harming Chavarin.
The straight-A student was stabbed just before 4pm on Friday outside of Mexican restaurant King Torta on Valley Boulevard in El Sereno, only a half mile away from the school campus.
Security footage, released by the LAPD, shows the moment just before the teen was stabbed. The suspect can be seen calmly walking through the parking lot toward the student, who is off camera, before drawing a large knife out of his pocket and attacking Chavarin.
Chavarin died on the scene, according to police. Witnesses said the teen walked into the restaurant and asked for help before collapsing on the floor, KTLA reported.
The suspect, who has not been named, was taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on Wednesday after a standoff with police at a home in Alhambra (pictured)
Commander German Hurtado and a crisis negotiator persuaded the man to leave the home after several hours. A mental health evaluation team, the crisis negotiator, and the man's mother spoke with him on the phone to convince him to come out
The student had been waiting for his mother outside of the restaurant.
'He never knew this was going to happen. It's one of those cases where he’s just at the wrong time, wrong place,' a
