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A man suspected of attacking and killing a 70-year-old woman at a bus stop in Los Angeles was charged with murder on Tuesday.

Sandra Shells was attacked last Thursday at a bus stop located near to Union Station while on her way to work as a nurse at LA County-USC Medical Center, the district attorney’s office said in a statement.

Ms Shells fell over backwards, hitting her head on the ground. She died in hospital on Sunday.

According to the Los Angeles Times, a homeless man was arrested near to the station and booked for investigation of attempted murder.

Kerry Bell, 48, was charged with murder. It was not immediately known if he has an attorney.

The LAPD said that the suspect, Shawn Laval Smith, is believed to be using public transport.

In a community alert shared by the Los Angeles Police Department, they say that “special attention must be paid to bus stops and train platforms.”

On Tuesday, the police identified 31-year-old Smith as the suspect they believe stabbed Brianna Kupfer on 13 January and fled the scene.

Police said that Mr Smith should be considered “armed” and “dangerous.”

Police have identified a man they believe to be the killer of 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer.

The Los Angeles Police Department said that the suspect, Shawn Laval Smith, 31, should be considered armed and dangerous.

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The LAPD have released new images of the man suspected of killing UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer and announced a reward for his capture had increased to $250,000.

A $50,000 reward put up by the city of Los Angeles had grown to $250,000 with donations from private groups and individuals, police revealed at a press conference on Tuesday.

Bevan Hurley reports.

Brianna Kupfer has been described by loved ones as a “kind soul” who “glowed with positivity”.

At the time of her death, the 24-year-old was seeking a graduate degree in architectural design at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

She was also working as a design consultant at the Croft House upscale furniture boutique in Hancock Park in the west of Los Angeles where she was murdered on Thursday 13 January. She leaves behind her parents and three siblings.

A Los Angeles nurse is dead after a homeless person randomly attacked her at a bus stop, police say.

Sandra Shells, 70, was waiting for a bus at downtown LA’s Union Station on Thursday when an assailant allegedly hit her in the face, knocking her to the ground. A witness to the attack called 911.

Nathan Place reports.

Talking to Fox News, the deceased woman’s father Todd Kupfer said: “Crime is truly spiking, and we have a lot of criminals on the streets that should not be out.”

Arpan Rai reports.

Bevan Hurley reports.

The murder of Ms Kupfer has shocked residents of the affluent Hancock Park neighbourhood.

Situated in the Wilshire area, it sits to the south of Hollywood and Melrose, and to the east of La Brea, approximately four miles west of Downtown Los Angeles.

Centrally-located to the neighbourhood is the Wilshire Country Club. Other nearby landmarks include the LaBrea Tar Pits and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

A sizeable portion of the area is zoned as historically important having been developed in the 1920s. A number of residences of consuls generals are within Hancock Park, including those of Canada, Japan, and the UK — where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stayed on a visit in 2011.

The neighbourhood is approximately 71 per cent White, 13 per cent Asian, eight per cent Hispanic or Latino, four per cent Black, and four per cent mixed race. An estimated 20 per cent of the population is Orthodox Jewish.

Nearby businesses to Croft House, where Ms Kupfer worked, include lighting and plumbing stores, various eateries, a Kosher market, and two Orthodox synagogues.

Bevan Hurley reports.