[h=2]Christine Darlene Calderon was attacked after refusing to pay for photos she took of men with signs requesting money, police say. Three men have been detained.[/h]
As Christine Darlene Calderon strolled down Hollywood's Walk of Fame with her co-worker just after sunset on Tuesday, an amusing cardboard sign caught her eye.
She pulled out her cellphone to snap a picture of men displaying signs asking for money with four-letter insults and a smiley face.
Moments later, according to a law enforcement source, one of the men demanded she pay a dollar for the picture. When she refused, police say, two of the men allegedly pinned Calderon's co-worker against a wall. The third jumped on top of Calderon, knocking the 23-year-old onto the pavement in front of an American Eagle Outfitters clothing store at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, police said.
When she got up to run away, authorities said, blood was gushing from a stab wound in her midsection. She collapsed just a few feet from the Walk of Fame. She was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center three hours later.
Her death in the heart of Hollywood's tourist district stunned both visitors and the collection of merchants and costumed impersonators who work along the boulevard.
Los Angeles police detained two men near the crime scene at midnight and a third man was arrested hours later on suspicion of murder. Police described the trio, believed to be 27 to 34 years old, as transients.
One of them was known to frequent the Hollywood area, police said, while two others were believed to have come from out of state. Police spent Wednesday tracking down witnesses and reviewing surveillance video.
Family members said Calderon knew the Hollywood area and sometimes hung out there with friends.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0620-hollywood-killing-20130620,0,2642112.story
Guess she should have paid the dollar.....I will never understand why people even go near these bums, most are insane or so high on whatever that they are dangerous.
As Christine Darlene Calderon strolled down Hollywood's Walk of Fame with her co-worker just after sunset on Tuesday, an amusing cardboard sign caught her eye.
She pulled out her cellphone to snap a picture of men displaying signs asking for money with four-letter insults and a smiley face.
Moments later, according to a law enforcement source, one of the men demanded she pay a dollar for the picture. When she refused, police say, two of the men allegedly pinned Calderon's co-worker against a wall. The third jumped on top of Calderon, knocking the 23-year-old onto the pavement in front of an American Eagle Outfitters clothing store at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, police said.
When she got up to run away, authorities said, blood was gushing from a stab wound in her midsection. She collapsed just a few feet from the Walk of Fame. She was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center three hours later.
Her death in the heart of Hollywood's tourist district stunned both visitors and the collection of merchants and costumed impersonators who work along the boulevard.
Los Angeles police detained two men near the crime scene at midnight and a third man was arrested hours later on suspicion of murder. Police described the trio, believed to be 27 to 34 years old, as transients.
One of them was known to frequent the Hollywood area, police said, while two others were believed to have come from out of state. Police spent Wednesday tracking down witnesses and reviewing surveillance video.
Family members said Calderon knew the Hollywood area and sometimes hung out there with friends.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0620-hollywood-killing-20130620,0,2642112.story
Guess she should have paid the dollar.....I will never understand why people even go near these bums, most are insane or so high on whatever that they are dangerous.