A coworker of the Cal State Fullerton administrator who was stabbed to death in a parking lot has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Chuyen Vo, 51, was arrested at his Huntington Beach home around 10.15pm Wednesday for the Monday morning killing of Steven Shek Keung Chan, 57. Police say the men were coworkers and are now investigating a possible motive.
Chan was found inside his silver Infiniti around 8.30am Monday bleeding from the head and with stab wounds throughout his body on the first day of the semester in what police said was a targeted attack.
Vo’s arrest ends a two-day manhunt for the suspected killer.
Authorities found a backpack under Chan’s car, believed to belong to Vo, containing a bomb, knife-like weapon and items used in a kidnapping including zip ties, wigs and other disguise materials.
Police said that the backpack played a ‘significant’ role in the investigation that led to Vo’s arrest.
‘We are confident that the backpack did belong to the suspect,’ Fullerton police Lt. Jon Radus said during a press conference Thursday. READ MORE…