Former Nascar driver Bobby East stabbed to death at California gas station

• 37-year-old was a three-time Auto Club national champion
• Police say suspected killer was later shot to death during arrest

Bobby East, a three-time US Auto Club national champion and former Nascar driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a southern California gas station. He was 37.

The Westminster Police Department issued a statement on Saturday identifying Robert John East of San Dimas as the person stabbed in the chest at a 76 gas station on Wednesday. The statement said the stabbing suspect, Trent William Millsap, was shot and killed in Anaheim on Friday as officers tried to arrest him.