LOS ANGELES — A man suspected of stealing a catalytic converter from a vehicle was stabbed to death early Friday in South El Monte, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies responded at about 2:37 a.m. to a report of a stabbing in the 1100 block of Thienes Avenue, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Department. Deputies arrived at the scene and found a man between 45 and 50 years old suffering from a stab wound.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
