{"id":1558711,"date":"2022-07-17T23:19:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T03:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558711"},"modified":"2022-07-17T23:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T03:19:31","slug":"nascar-driver-bobby-east-killed-in-calif-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-driver-bobby-east-killed-in-calif-stabbing\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR driver Bobby East killed in Calif. stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnascar-driver-bobby-east-killed-in-calif-stabbing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2727462\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2727462\" class=\"wp-image-2727462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22198747309002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A tight pack of cars enters Turn 2 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Loudon, N.H. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2727462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tight pack of cars enters Turn 2 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Loudon, N.H. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 8:13 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, July 17, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Police fatally shot a man wanted for killing a top NASCAR driver in California. Bobby East, 37, was stabbed to death at a 76 gas station in Westminster on Wednesday. Police were able to locate the suspect on Friday night. The suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Trent Millsap.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cNASCAR is saddened to learn of the tragic death of Bobby East,\u201d the racing organization told the\u00a0Associated Press in a statement on Saturday. \u201cWe extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Bobby, a true racer.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Officers found Millsap in an apartment complex in Anaheim and SWAT was called in to serve a search and arrest warrant. A K-9 was reportedly shot but is expected to survive. The dog has been identified as Kubo from the Cypress Police Department.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cKubo\u2019s ear still hurts but he is well on his way to a full recovery,\u201d the department wrote on Kubo. \u201cHe told us the ear pain isn\u2019t his biggest problem. It\u2019s the embarrassment of wearing the \u2018cone of shame.\u2019 Thanks to everyone who sent good vibes to Kubo. He appreciates the love and will be back to work soon.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today I will be striking out my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHRA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHRA<\/a> racing number in memory of Bobby East, I knew his dad pretty well and my USAC cars raced against him. My thoughts are with his family and friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOu80YvkAT\">pic.twitter.com\/HOu80YvkAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cruz Pedregon (@CruzPedregon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CruzPedregon\/status\/1548712354669535232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>East was a three time US Auto Club champion and the USAC said East was \u201cone of the most prolific drivers of his era.\u201d East was a native of\u00a0Torrance and raced on the NASCAR, US Auto Club and Automobile Racing Club of America circuits, according to City News Service.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what led to the police involved shooting. Meanwhile, a motive for the stabbing also remains unclear.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/trump-fmr-wife-ivana-passed-away-at-age-73\/\">Ivana Trump\u2019s Funeral To Be Held Wednesday<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tight pack of cars enters Turn 2 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Loudon, N.H. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa) OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 8:13 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, July 17, 2022 Police fatally shot a man wanted for killing a top NASCAR driver in California. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":764,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1558711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1558711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1558711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}