Martin Brumer

In one of his first paying roles as an actor, Martin Brumer was a bank robber in an episode of the television series "CHiPs." In the last role of his fledgling career, he played a burglar in the 1988 movie "Chrome Hearts." On Tuesday night, Los Angeles police said, the 28-year-old Santa Monica resident became a victim of the kind of man he portrayed.

In one of his first paying roles as an actor, Martin Brumer was a bank robber in an episode of the television series "CHiPs." In the last role of his fledgling career, he played a burglar in the 1988 movie "Chrome Hearts." On Tuesday night, Los Angeles police said, the 28-year-old Santa Monica resident became a victim of the kind of man he portrayed.

A 28-year-old actor was killed when a speeding robbery suspect being chased by police ran a red light and broadsided his car at a Mid-City intersection. Martin Brumer, 28, of Santa Monica, who had appeared in the television shows "CHiPs" and "Days of Our Lives," died instantly in the crash at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday at Arlington Avenue and Washington Street, Los Angeles police said.