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Video shows the moments before fatal stabbing of student near Woodrow Wilson High.

Los Angeles police released video Tuesday of the moments leading up to a fatal stabbing of a student near Woodrow Wilson High School last week and asked for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.

The incident was reported around 3:55 p.m. Friday in the 4500 block of Valley Boulevard in El Sereno, about half a mile from the Woodrow Wilson campus.

fatal stabbing of a student near Woodrow Wilson High School ‘Footage shows the suspect walking through a parking lot toward a sidewalk.

fatal stabbing of a student near Woodrow Wilson High School

As the suspect exits the parking lot, he can be seen pulling out a large knife and holding it in both hands and looking at a spot just out of frame, at which point the footage ends.

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The victim was identified on the Los Angeles County coroner’s website as Xavier Chavarin. The teen was described by his mother, as well as an L.A. city councilman, as a straight-A student, a loving son and a “great big brother.”

The man approached the victim and stabbed him multiple times without saying anything, police officials said in a news release. The victim survived the attack.