The Brief

LOS ANGELES - A vigil was held Friday night outside a Downey library for a man who was stabbed and killed by a homeless person.

The backstory:

68-year-old Reinaldo Lefonts was charging his car outside the Downey City Library around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13 when authorities say a 23-year-old homeless man stabbed him in an unprovoked attack.

According to police, while paramedics were responding to the scene, 52-year-old Nicholas DeMarco who had nothing to do with the stabbing, stole an ambulance that was parked at the scene. Downey officers then chased the ambulance to Alhambra where DeMarco crashed into a parked vehicle.

Meanwhile, back at the library, Lefonts was pronounced dead at the scene.

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