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iStock/PeopleImages(LOS ANGELES) Los Angeles community members gathered for a vigil outside the furniture store where a 24-year-old employee was killed in the middle of the afternoon. Brianna Kupfer was attacked with a knife while she worked alone at the store on Jan. 13. Kupfer had texted a friend that afternoon saying someone in the store was giving her a "bad vibe," Los Angeles Police Department Lt. John Radke said at a Tuesday news conference. Community members brought flowers, candles and posters to a Thursday vigil for the slain 24-year-old, who, when not working at the Croft House furniture store, was taking design courses through UCLA Extension, a continuing education program. "I'm the parent of a girl two years younger than her. It's shocking to me that this happened here or anywhere in our city," resident Sherry Gonzalez told Los Angeles ABC station KABC. The suspect, 31-year-old Shawn Laval Smith, was apprehended in Pasadena on Wednesday. Poli
(LOS ANGELES) Los Angeles community members gathered for a vigil outside the furniture store where a 24-year-old employee was killed in the middle of the aft
iStock/PeopleImages(LOS ANGELES) Los Angeles community members gathered for a vigil outside the furniture store where a 24-year-old employee was killed in