Web designer? Porn actor? Reminds me of the Israel Gonzalez shootout from years ago. www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=4715
from www.latimes.com - The man believed responsible for a rampage at a Van Nuys video production facility that left one dead and two wounded is a struggling porn actor who faced the loss of his job, authorities said.
Stephen Hill, 30, allegedly used a machete-style weapon in the attack, which occurred about 10:20 p.m. at a video distribution business on Hayvenhurst Avenue and Saticoy Street.
Los Angeles Police Department Det. Joel Price said Hill was both working and living at the offices of Ultima DVD Inc.
Price said Hill did production work and acted in several porn movies. But on the night of the attack, he apparently faced the loss of his job and eviction from the office.
Hill allegedly fled after stabbing the three co-workers. The victims were rushed to a hospital, where one was pronounced dead. There were seven people in the office when the attack occurred.
The LAPD is investigating the attack as a case of workplace violence. The suspect fled in a blue Toyota RAV4 with license plate 5YTC423.
from www.cbs2.com - LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A man wielding with a samurai-style sword killed one person and wounded two others Tuesday night, authorities said.
Police say a porn actor killed one colleague and injured two others with a prop weapon during a late night showdown at the Van Nuys studio where they all worked.
Police Detective Joel Price says the alleged attacker had been living at the adult entertainment business for several months but his colleagues told him he had to make other arrangements by Wednesday.
Price says Steven Hill attacked a colleague in the back of the building after work Tuesday with a machete-like weapon. Price says two others who heard the man's screams ran to help him and were also attacked before Hill fled the scene.
One of two people who tried to help died in surgery at a local hospital. The others are expected to survive.
The victims' names have not been released.
from www.avn.com - VAN NUYS, Calif.—Los Angeles police are still searching for a Canoga Park man they say used a machete to stab three co-workers, killing one.
The stabbings reportedly happened at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, June 1. Few details were immediately available about the investigation, but officials reported that 30-year-old Steven Hill—a web designer at an adult company identified as Ultimata DVD at 7625 Hayvenhurst Ave., near the intersection with Saticoy near the Van Nuys airport—used a machete-type weapon to stab a co-worker after he was asked to leave the building.The exact company was not immediately clear.
Initial reports from news station KTLA are that Hill, whom police said had a Canoga Park address but had been living in the company building, had been told he was not being fired but would need to cease living in the building by Tuesday.
Investigators said Hill had not displayed any violent behavior prior to the incident, when he grabbed the weapon and stabbed a co-worker. Two others in the building came to assist the first victim, and Hill stabbed them as well, reports stated. One of the victims died from injuries sustained. Names, gender, and ages of the victims were not immediately available.
Police said Hill then fled the area in a 1995 blue RAV 4 with the California license plate 5YTC423. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact LAPD at (818) 374-7611.
