California man learns sentence for killing UCLA graduate student Brianna Kupfer in brutal stabbing attack

A California stateless antheral recovered blameworthy of brutally stabbing to death a UCLA postgraduate pupil wrong a boutique furnishings store was sentenced to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole connected Wednesday.

Shawn Laval Smith, 34, was convicted successful September for the gruesome execution of Brianna Kupfer, a 24-year-old architectural postgraduate student, connected Jan. 13, 2022. 

The condemnation was handed down aft Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mildred Escobedo reviewed reports from doctors and determined Smith was sane astatine the clip of the murder, FOX11 Los Angeles reported.

Kupfer was moving unsocial astatine Croft House successful Los Angeles' Hancock Park vicinity erstwhile Smith, a stateless antheral with a agelong transgression history, entered the store and stabbed her 26 times during an unprovoked attack. 

WHO IS BRIANNA KUPFER, THE LOS ANGELES STABBING VICTIM?

Shawn Laval Smith, 34, was convicted for the 2022 sidesplitting of Brianna Kupfer, 24, who was stabbed aggregate times portion moving unsocial successful a Los Angeles furnishings shop.  (KTTV/Linkedin)

Kupfer suffered 11 stab wounds to the chest, 2 successful the abdomen, 1 to the pelvis, 2 connected her close arm, 5 connected her near arm, 2 connected her close limb and 3 connected her near leg. Security cameras showed Smith astatine the store and his DNA was recovered connected the knife, prosecutors said. 

Smith was arrested six days aft Kupfer's murder. 

Brianna Kupfer worked astatine Croft House, a luxury furnishings store successful Los Angeles, erstwhile she was stabbed to death. (Todd Kupfer)

During the trial, prosecutors argued that Smith went "hunting for a pistillate alone" connected the time of the murder, having approached six different stores earlier uncovering Kupfer moving alone.

Moments earlier her death, Kupfer had sent a substance to a person that said she was getting a "bad vibe" from idiosyncratic wrong the store, authorities person said. 

The 24-year-old was studying plan arsenic a grad pupil astatine UCLA. (Todd Kupfer)

BRIANNA KUPFER SENT PAL OMINOUS TEXT BEFORE SHE WAS STABBED TO DEATH

The person said they saw the connection astir 15 minutes later, though constabulary said Kupfer was killed wrong 10 minutes of sending it. A lawsuit recovered Kupfer dormant wrong the store.

Kupfer’s household remembered the 24-year-old arsenic idiosyncratic who ever worked to amended herself and her community.

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"In galore ways, [Brianna] embodied everything that is large astir Los Angeles, and the full metropolis should grieve implicit this senseless act," the household said successful an earlier statement. "Brianna was a smart, funny, driven and a benignant psyche who lone wanted to amended herself and her assemblage connected a regular basis."

Fox News’ Louis Casiano, Brie Stimson and Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.