Los Angeles community members gathered for a vigil outside the furniture store where a 24-year-old employee was killed in the middle of the afternoon.

       Brianna Kupfer was attacked with a knife while she worked alone at the store on Jan. 13. Kupfer had texted a friend that afternoon saying someone in the store was giving her a "bad vibe," Los Angeles Police Department Lt. John Radke said at a Tuesday news conference.

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       Brianna Kupfer, seen in this undated photo, was killed at a Los Angeles furniture store Jan. 13, 2022.

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       Community members brought flowers, candles and posters to a Thursday vigil for the slain 24-year-old, who, when not working at the Croft House furniture store, was taking design courses through UCLA Extension, a continuing education program.

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       A vigil for Brianna Kupfer was held in front of the furniture store where she worked in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2022.

       "I'm the parent of a girl two years younger than her. It's shocking to me that this happened here or anywhere in our city," resident Sherry Gonzalez told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.

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       The suspect, 31-year-old Shawn Laval Smith, was apprehended in Pasadena on Wednesday. Police said the crime appeared to be random.

       It's not clear when he's due in court.