A 24-year-old graduate student was stabbed to death Thursday while working at a high-end furniture store in Los Angeles, California, authorities say they believe it was a “random” attack.
Brianna Kupfer, a UCLA graduate student studying architectural design, was found dead on the floor of Croft House by a customer, who walked into the store about 2o minutes after the murder and contacted police.
Police officers responded to the call at around 1:50 p.m. Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) detectives described the killing as a “random walk-in” attack, after determining that the suspect and the victim did not know each other, according to the LAPD press release.
The suspect, described only as a “male Black, unknown age, tall, thin, wearing a dark hoody, sunglasses, a white N-95 mask, dark skinny jeans, dark shoes and carrying a dark backpack,” killed the victim with a knife then fled the store through the back door.
“Based on evidence discovered by detectives, the suspect is believed to be homeless,” LAPD wrote, asking anyone with information on the suspect to contact West Bureau Homicide investigators at (213) 382-9470.
Kupfer’s father said that his daughter had been a gifted artist and listener who he said was “loved by all”.