SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A person of interest was being sought Thursday in connection with the death of a man who was found stabbed last month outside a Wal-Mart in Santa Ana, authorities said.
The victim, 41-year-old Dennis Quan Tran of Westminster, was discovered by a security guard about 2:45 a.m. Dec. 18 in a loading area behind the store in the 3600 block of McFadden Avenue, the Santa Ana Police Department said.
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The agency on Thursday released surveillance video that showed the person being sought in the homicide. The footage appears to show a male, wearing a baseball cap, dark pants and a coat, walking through a store.
Tran was suffering from multiple stab wounds when he was found by the Wal-Mart employee, according to authorities. He died after being transported to UC Irvine Medical Center and undergoing emergency surgery.
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The motive for the killing was unknown, investigators said.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call detectives with the Santa Ana police Homicide Unit at (714) 245-8390.
KABC
A screenshot from a surveillance video shows a person of interest in the fatal stabbing of a man found outside a Santa Ana Wal-Mart Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, authorities said. (Santa Ana Police Department)