(L.A.) Christopher Wilder, 34, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2024-15380

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 34-year-old Black male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Christopher Wilder.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Multiple Stab Wounds

RIP CHRISTOPHER WILDER (January 20, 1990 – September 28, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 3:44 p.m.

The decedent was the assailant who died in the aftermath of a confrontation in Beverly Hills that was captured on video and shared widely on social media.

Beverly Hills PD responded to a call of “unknown trouble” at 2 p.m. on September 28 in the 100 block of Spalding Drive. When officers arrived, they found Wilder suffering from injuries following a physical altercation.

Police said Wilder “confronted the victim and his child as they were walking on the sidewalk. During the altercation, the victim stabbed the suspect, and both individuals sustained injuries.”

Wilder was transported to a hospital where he later died.

A witness who identified himself as Brian said he was driving down the street when he saw Wilder attacking the victim, who had a baby in his arms. Some witnesses said it appeared Wilder was attempting to kidnap the young child. Brian said he pulled over and attempted to intervene, at which point Wilder turned his attention toward Brian. Wilder dove into Brian’s car through the back window, allegedly grabbing a dog that was inside the vehicle. Brian and his son wrestled their dog away from Wilder, while the car rolled onto the sidewalk during the chaos. Wilder then stumbled over a hedge into a front yard, where he banged on windows before being tased by police and arrested.

“[Wilder] was having some kind of psychotic break, and so it was kind of scary,” an anonymous witness told NBC4 Los Angeles.

Video captured moments after the attack shows a man carrying a young child running away from Wilder as he walks toward a dark sedan and jumps in through the back window. Wilder appears to be pushed out of the car while still trying to grab something inside. Another video shows police apprehending Wilder, who appears to have a wound on his face, as he lay face down in the front yard of a home.