Canadian Man Charged With Fatally Stabbing Brother-In-Law Outside L.A. Bowling Alley

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LOS ANGELES — A Canadian resident was charged today with allegedly killing his brother-in-law with a knife in the parking lot of an El Monte bowling alley.

Loi Vi Tran, 40, of Calgary faces one count of murder with the special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, making him eligible for the death penalty. The charge also includes an allegation of using a deadly and dangerous weapon, a kitchen knife.

According to prosecutors, Tran was visiting Southern California from Canada and went bowling with his extended family on Sept. 16. After the group played that morning, the defendant paid for everyone’s games and went outside to wait for them.

Tran is accused of then stabbing his brother-in-law Stephen Tran, 45, of El Monte, several times in the chest at about 12:30 p.m. after an ‘exchange of words,’ the district attorney said. Officers with the El Monte Police Department arrived at the scene and arrested the Tran.

The victim was transported to a hospital where he died.

If convicted as charged, Tran faces the death penalty or life in state prison without the possibility of parole.

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