L.A. Now Live: Woman dies after attack at Hollywood Walk of Fame

Three men are awaiting charges in connection with the stabbing death of a woman along the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The three men, described by police as transients between 27 and 34 years old, were arrested arraigned in connection with the death of 23-year-old Christine Darlene Calderon after police said the men attacked her Tuesday night at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.

Join us at 9 a.m. when we talk with Times reporter Marisa Gerber about Tuesday night’s attack and what happens next for the alleged attackers.

Authorities said Calderon was strolling down the Walk of Fame with a coworker after sunset when an amusing cardboard sign caught her eye. She pulled out her cellphone to snap a picture of men displaying signs asking for money with four-letter insults and a smiley face, they said.

Moments later, according to a law enforcement sources, one of the men demanded that she pay $1 for the pictures.

When she refused, police say, two of the men allegedly pinned Calderon’s coworker against a wall.

The third jumped on top of Calderon, knocking her onto the pavement in front of an American Eagle Outfitters clothing store at the Hollywood and Highland retail and entertainment complex, police said.

When she got up to run away, authorities said, blood was gushing from a stab wound in her midsection.

She collapsed a few feet from the terrazzo Walk of Fame stars. She was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center three hours later.

[For the record: 10:58 a.m. PDT June 20, 2013: An earlier version of this post reported that the three suspects were scheduled to be arraigned Thursday. The suspects have not been charged and may be arraigned Friday.]