LOS ANGELES — A man with a history of mental illness who was identified as a suspect in the brazen fatal stabbing of a high school student last week was arrested Wednesday morning after barricading himself inside an Alhambra home, authorities said.
The man, identified by police as David Zapata, 32, is the suspect in the killing of Xavier Chavarin, 17, who was described by family as a straight-A student at Woodrow Wilson High School in El Sereno and a loving son. Hours after the teen was killed, police say, the same assailant stabbed another person, who survived his injuries.
Claudia Montes, the man’s former girlfriend and mother of his child, confirmed Zapata was taken into custody.
