Sad situation in Cerritos CA last night. A customer stabbed and killed a Chevrolet saleman because he refused to let the customer test drive a Corvette.

 

OMG .That is insane

 

Un-freakin-believable. But, yet, there it is:

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/automotiv...98/detail.html


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Posted on Wed, Sep. 07, 2005

Salesman stabbed to death at Cerritos car dealership

Associated Press

CERRITOS, Calif. - A "well dressed" man entered a Chevrolet dealership and stabbed a salesman to death after his request to test drive a Corvette was denied, sheriff's officials said.

Melchor Macaso, 35, was booked late Tuesday at the Inmate Reception Center in downtown Los Angeles on a felony murder count, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Web site. He was being held on $1 million bail.

The incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. in a rear sales office at S&J Chevrolet, said Sgt. Vanette Christensen, a sheriff's department spokeswoman. The salesman refused to let the customer test drive the car because the man did not have proper identification, she said.

"He began acting violently and produced a large butcher knife" with which he stabbed the salesman several times in the upper body, Christensen said.

The suspect then walked outside and paced back and forth for a brief time, she said.

"There were several brave other employees who tackled him and held him until deputies arrived," Christensen said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital but died, said Lt. Robert Guilbault of the sheriff's station in Cerritos, a city of 51,000 people 26 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

Christensen said sheriff's officials were not yet releasing the identity of the victim, who she described as a man in his 30s.

They also didn't have a motive for the crime, she said.

Tuesday's killing was the second at a Southern California car dealership in the past month.

On Aug. 8, a man who was unhappy with his girlfriend's car purchase allegedly shot and killed two people at a dealership in Colton, Calif. about 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Later that day, the suspect allegedly shot and killed a 16-year-old boy before police shot and arrested him.

 

It is insane. Who goes shopping for cars with a butcher knife.

 

My condolences to the victims family.

I hope they fry the SOB for such a violent senseless crime!

 

If the customer went in there with a butcher knife, there is a lot more to the story than just getting refused a test drive. He obviously had a premeditated reason for going in there armed and was just looking for an excuse.

Truly a sad, tragic event.

 

Maybe not...the salesman obviously didn't recognize him. The only reason he turned down the ride was because he didn't have ID. That's our rule here do...you must a valid DL to test drive a car.

Anyone here no the dealership.

 

Frigging morons can't handle their own demons, and have to hurt others. A truly sad event.
Condolonces to his family and all those at S & J Chevy.

martin

 

Inmate Reception Center. What is that? Political Correctness continues to amaze me out there in Kaaaliforniia.

 

Unbelieveably sad!

Just more proof that Calif. is truely the "Land of Fruits and Nuts"!

Looks like we all need to be packing to compete with these Azzholes.

Pray for his family.

 

Very good point!

 

S&J Chevrolet in Cerritos.

 

What a psycho. That's so terrible.

 

I have no words for something like this. God bless the victim and his family

 

 

Sounds like that guy was is obsessed than even we are. Probably needs a psychiatrist; clearly this guy was insane. Doesn't help the victim any.

You just never know what you're up against these days.

 

Anyone want to take bets that he's an illegal?

BTW, interesting way to jack a car. Bring a weapon with you to the dealership; in this case a knife. Take a test drive with no ID. Put the knife to the salesman's throat and tell him to get out of the car. Perhaps that's why the perp had a knife with him? Buthcher knife makes sense in this scenario too because the blade is already exposed and no need to waste time opening a knife, fumbling with thumb studs,etc.

 

This stuff just keeps happening on an even more frequent basis. This is something unfortunately in SoCal we just get used to.

Again this is very sad and disturbing.

 

How sad, what is this world turning into? I guess we will now see metal detectors in car showrooms, just like we do in our public schools.