Former NASCAR driver Bobby East fatally stabbed at California gas station

Former NASCAR driver Bobby East was killed in a stabbing at a Southern California gas station, authorities said Saturday. The suspect was later shot and killed by police.

On Wednesday evening, just before 6 p.m. local time, the 37-year-old East was found with a stab wound to the chest at a gas station in the Orange County city of Westminster, the Westminster Police Department said in a statement. He was rushed by ambulance to a hospital, where he died, police said.

The stabbing suspect was identified as 27-year-old Trent William Millsap, police said. At the time of the stabbing, Millsap was also wanted on an unrelated parole warrant and was on parole for armed robbery. The motive in the stabbing is not yet clear.