PASADENA, Calif. - Shawn Laval Smith, the suspected killer of Brianna Kupfer, was taken into custody Wednesday in Pasadena in connection with the 24-year-old UCLA grad student's stabbing death, authorities confirmed to FOX 11.He was arrested by Pasadena police officers around 11:50 a.m.
at a bus stop near the intersection of E. Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue, approximately 17 miles from the furniture store where Kupfer was murdered, officials said.
LAPD has identified a suspect in the murder of Brianna Kupfer. Shawn Laval Smith is suspected of stabbing and killing Kupfer while she was at work.Los Angeles police launched a hunt for Smith, 31, after Kupfer was found stabbed to death in a random daytime attack at a luxury furniture store last week.
Smith remained on the loose early Wednesday and police have said that he should be considered armed and dangerous.A combined $250,000 reward was being offered to help Los Angeles Police track down Smith.RELATED:Kupfer was working as a consultant for Croft House on North La Brea Avenue last Thursday and was alone in the store when a man entered the business.