Hollywood Stabbing - A woman was stabbed and killed on Hollywood's walk of fame-over a
dollar. A homeless panhandler murdered Christine Darlene Calderon over
refusing to pay for a photo she took.
Hollywood's iconic tourist area has been rocked by the incident.
The stabbing victim, Christine Darlene Calderon, was walking down Hollywood's Walk of Fame with a coworker. She saw a cardboard sign with a panhandler she thought was funny.
Calderon, 23, pulled out her cellphone to snap a photo of a the homeless man's four-letter request for money. Minutes later, she was dead.
One of the homeless men demanded she pay $1 for the photo. Calderon refused and a man jumped on top of her, knocking her to the ground.
Two other men allegedly pinned her coworker against a wall, holding her back. The incident occurred in front of an American Eagle Outfitters clothing store at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Ave.
Calderon got up to run with blood gushing from a stab wound in her torso. She collapsed a few feet away, near the Walk of Fame stars. Calderon was pronounced dead later that evening at Cedars-Sinai.
Two men were detained by the LAPD near the crime scene; a third was arrested a few hours later. The suspects were between 27 and 34. One was known to frequent the area; all were described as "transients".
Visitors, merchants, and others along Hollywood's Walk of Fame have been rocked by the incident. While the neighborhood has a gritty past, it is generally seen as a family tourist destination.
Calderon's mother, Yolonde Tassin,, said she knew something was wrong when she stopped responding to text messages. When she opened her door and saw detectives, her fears were confirmed.
"I said, 'My daughter's dead isn't she?' " Tassin said. "And he gave me a slight nod."
Calderon had been estranged from her mother for a few years, but had recently completed her GED, stopped drinking and doing drugs, and begun to improve her life. A few days ago, she went to register for classes at a local community college.
Calderon was stabbed to death on Hollywood's Walk of Fame for only a dollar, so she will sadly she never rise to the fame and fortune of the stars whose names line the Boulevard. But for her family, she will always be a star.
Hollywood's iconic tourist area has been rocked by the incident.
The stabbing victim, Christine Darlene Calderon, was walking down Hollywood's Walk of Fame with a coworker. She saw a cardboard sign with a panhandler she thought was funny.
Calderon, 23, pulled out her cellphone to snap a photo of a the homeless man's four-letter request for money. Minutes later, she was dead.
One of the homeless men demanded she pay $1 for the photo. Calderon refused and a man jumped on top of her, knocking her to the ground.
Two other men allegedly pinned her coworker against a wall, holding her back. The incident occurred in front of an American Eagle Outfitters clothing store at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Ave.
Calderon got up to run with blood gushing from a stab wound in her torso. She collapsed a few feet away, near the Walk of Fame stars. Calderon was pronounced dead later that evening at Cedars-Sinai.
Two men were detained by the LAPD near the crime scene; a third was arrested a few hours later. The suspects were between 27 and 34. One was known to frequent the area; all were described as "transients".
Visitors, merchants, and others along Hollywood's Walk of Fame have been rocked by the incident. While the neighborhood has a gritty past, it is generally seen as a family tourist destination.
Calderon's mother, Yolonde Tassin,, said she knew something was wrong when she stopped responding to text messages. When she opened her door and saw detectives, her fears were confirmed.
"I said, 'My daughter's dead isn't she?' " Tassin said. "And he gave me a slight nod."
Calderon had been estranged from her mother for a few years, but had recently completed her GED, stopped drinking and doing drugs, and begun to improve her life. A few days ago, she went to register for classes at a local community college.
Calderon was stabbed to death on Hollywood's Walk of Fame for only a dollar, so she will sadly she never rise to the fame and fortune of the stars whose names line the Boulevard. But for her family, she will always be a star.