Porn actor on the run after 'hacking fellow actor to death with a samurai sword'



A porn actor is on the run after a fellow actor was killed and two others were injured in a horrifiying samurai sword attack.

The attack took place on Tuesday night at the San Fernando Valley offices of Ultima, an adult film company.

Police in Los Angeles said they were searching for actor Steven Hill - who appears on screen as Steve Driver.

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He is accused of hacking fellow actor Herbert Wong, known in the industry as Tom Dong, to death.

Wong, 30, died from a stab wound to his torso.



Mr Hill, 30, is said to have been living in the studio where he worked as an actor and web designer before he was fired and told to move out.

Two other colleagues were attacked when they heard Mr Dong's screams and rushed to his aid. The two survivors are expected to make a full recovery.



Mr Hill then fled the scene with the weapon, it is alleged.

Police found a dried pool of blood near one of the building's doors as well as several drops of blood leading toward a row of parking spaces.

The weapon used in the attack was said to be a prop being used in one of the company's current productions.

Ultima is reported to be a studio specialising in fetish films, particularly those involving the cast hurting one another.

'Hill wasn't performing up to standards and a few weeks ago he was told he would have to leave,' LAPD detective Joel Price said.

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'They weren't happy with his product and he had been given a date of June 2 to leave... He knew today was the day he had to be gone.

'There was no indication that things were going to get violent, there was nothing that provoked this attack, but at some point Steven chose to arm himself with what can be best described as a sword. He then used that sword against those three victims.'



Police clarified that the man they were seeking was not the Caucasian adult actor Steve Hill, but his African American colleague of the same name.



Mr Hill is currently on probation for a 2008 weapon violation in nearby Burbank.

The LA Times quoted sources who claimed that Hill had a history of violence - including a 1999 incident in which he threatened to shoot dead one of his college instructors for not giving him an A-grade.

He allegedly told the University of Maryland instructor that he was 'a mobster and would dismember the instructor's body if he didn't get the grade,' according to a 1999 story in the Washington Post.