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REDONDO BEACH, Calif. -- A woman trying to escape an alleged carjacker Monday morning was stabbed to death, while stunned passers-by looked on.
Complete description of what transpired
According to Redondo Beach police, Diane Bragg, 67, was pulling away from the Red Robin Restaurant on Hawthorne Boulevard around 11:30 a.m. when a man forced his way into her Mercedes Benz sport utility vehicle.
As restaurant patrons and others looked on, the Bel Air woman threw open her door with the car still in motion and rolled out.
"She was obviously in fear for her life and tried to escape from the suspect," Redondo Beach Police Capt. Jeff Cameron told CBS 2 News Monday.
Witnesses told police that after Bragg fell to the ground, the suspect ... identified as 22-year-old Joshua Daniel Lee ... jumped out of the Mercedes in a fit of rage.
Lee allegedly pulled a knife and lunged at the distraught woman as she tried to flee.
"He attacked her in the parking lot in front of numerous witnesses, stabbing her a number of times," Cameron told CBS 2 News. "He left her on the ground with the knife, bleeding, and just walked away."
Sign repairman Greg McCorkell told a local news wire that immediately after the suspect dropped his weapon, by-standers shouted "Get him! Get him!"
McCorkell and Red Robin employee Jason Campbell evidently did just that.
"Me and my partner run after him," McCorkell recalled. "I tackled him, and he's on the ground and not even saying a word."
According to police, when Lee finally said something, he tried to make everyone around him understand that Bragg would not "cooperate."
The severely injured woman was rushed to County-Harbor UCLA Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Lee is facing murder charges.
"He's a character that shouldn't be on the streets," Cameron told CBS 2 News. "He's in custody now at the Redondo Beach jail."