The family of a man who was stabbed to death while he was charging his electric car outside the Downey City library has filed a claim against the city seeking $40 million in damages.
The victim, Reinaldo Jesus Lefonts, 68, was charging his car at an EV station outside the library on Sept. 13, 2025 when a homeless man suddenly approached him and fatally stabbed him.
Authorities were called to the scene and as paramedics tended to Lefonts, a second homeless man, Nicholas DeMarco, 52, stepped into the unattended ambulance and drove away from the scene, Downey police said…