21-year-old man fatally stabbed on Hawthorne street [Updated]

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are looking for those who stabbed and killed a 21-year-old man early Thursday morning on a Hawthorne street.

The unidentified victim was driving and stopped at a light at Rosecrans Avenue and Inglewood Avenue about 2:15 a.m., said Lt. Dave Coleman of the L.A County Sheriff’s Department.

[Updated at 11:07 a.m.: The L.A. County coroner's office has identified the victim as Randall Baker Jr. of Los Angeles.]

He got out of his vehicle and approached another car stopped at the intersection, Coleman said. Words were then exchanged between the victim and the suspects in the case, who stabbed the man, he said.

He was declared dead at the scene, Coleman said.

The suspects fled, and deputies were continuing to investigate, Coleman said.

-- My-Thuan Tran

Upper photo: Investigators confer at the scene of a fatal stabbing at the corner of Inglewood Avenue and Rosecrans Avenue. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

Lower photo: Sabrina Hearon, who identified herself as the mother of the victim, reacts at the scene. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[DAVE C.]

WHEN KEEPING IT REAL, GOES WRONG!

[tehachapian]

Oh, Good Lord. What is WRONG with people?????

[this is easy]

sad sad sad.
but this is very simple... dont get out of your car!
who cares what someone says, if they cut you off or not. neither your ego, nor their pride should be worth more than your life.

stay in your car and make just it home.

[marissa]

Guess the victim should have carried a knife too. Road rage is serious biz.

[murcielago]

Inglewood and Hawthorne..hmmm

Not a place to be driving at that time let alone step out of the car !

[lisalisa]

I'm sure they'll find who did this quickly...there are cameras on the intersection!

[Tali]

I will not try to figure out why someone would stab a person over a short argument. But why would you get out of your car to argue/fight someone you met 5 min ago, even if they accidentally or intentionally cut you off? Does the realization that there are people in this world who have no morals, short tempers, drug and anger problems, and have nothing to lose in their pathetic little lives make me less of a man for not wanting to stand up to scum? I have no desire to approach a motorist, yell something to them or try to punch them through their sunroof. Am I not normal....

[Peachy]

This seriously doesn't make sense. What kind of senseless world do we live in that people get hot-tempered over traffic or how another person drives and stab other people over that?

[August]

Just another day in the City if Angel (Satanic Demons more like)....

[the_Truth]

thats why i never leave me car if someone tries to road rage. being in a 2500lb weapon > bare knuckles.

[david hall aka truth]

To marrisa that was a dumb comment my cousin shouldn't have to carry a nife and that shouldn't have happened I hope when they catch em that they get wats comming to em.

R.I.P. to my cuzzo love u and the family will miss u

[scg]

This hits so close to home. This is my fiance's cousin, and though he should have stayed in the car, there is no reason to him to have lost his life today. Heaven has a new angel, but in this case i think he was taken much too soon. He wasn't able to live up to his full potential and he will ruely be missed.
R.I.P. Randall

[Toya A.]

My cousin was not suppose 2 go like this......cant no1 judge him at all.....none of you were there, so we dont know what happened, but what ever it was....it was not that serious to where they had to kill him!!!!! Randall u will truly b missed.....man I love u 2 death, i just talk 2 u the other day....I still hope this is a very bad dream & some1 is going 2 wake me up sometime soon !!!!!!!!!!!! I love u !!!!!!!!!!!!!

R.I.P. Baby Boy

[sad about this]

i heard they were all at a Denny's restaurant prior to this street confrontation. Why don't they just get the video from the restaurant camera and then post pictures of the suspects? it's sad to see people go out like this...

[Vincent Keith Hill]

This is truly unbelievable. Whatever the circumstances, I pray that related law enforcement agencies will use all their resources to capture the killer.

[Stephani Amey]

To the family:Ms.June,(grandmother),Sabrina(mother),his father & the entire Herron & Baker Our Prayers are with you.
As active member of Holy Light M.B.Chuch We will truly miss Randall & we loved him , but God loved him best. Remember, earth has no sorrow that heaven can not heal.
Just know that his life was not in vain.
Love, Rev.Isaac & Stephanie Amey