UCLA student Brianna Kupfer texted friend that someone "gave her a bad vibe" minutes before being killed at L.A. furniture store
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Los Angeles officials are offering a reward of more than $2)0,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old UCLA graduate student while she worked alone at a furniture store. Brianna Kupfer was found dead on the floor of the store by a customer on Thursday not long after she had sent an ominous text message to a friend, police said.
Police say Kupfer was the only employee at Croft House on La Brea Avenue when someone came into the store last Thursday afternoon and fatally stabbed her. CBS Los Angeles reports that on Tuesday night, police identified the suspect as Shawn Laval Smith. He is still at large and is considered armed and dangerous.
Officers said Kupfer instantly had a bad feeling when the suspect walked into the store.
