SAPD gang detectives were apparently working on gang suppression in Santa Ana on Sunday night, in an area where there have been several shootings recently, when a vehicle they deemed to be of interest suddenly sped off.
There was a brief police pursuit of less than a minute when the suspect’s vehicle crashed into a pole, at about 9:22 p.m. in the 1300 block of South Flower Street, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading
It was another bloody Saturday in Santa Ana as three men were shot in the early morning, at around 4 a.m., near the 800 block of South Minnie Street, a few blocks from Villa Fundamental Intermediate School, according to the O.C. Register.
When SAPD officers arrived, they found two adult men struck by gunfire, both hit in the upper torso area. The victims were taken to a local hospital. A third victim, age 16, later came into the hospital with a gunshot wound in one of his legs. All of the victims are expected to survive. The teenager was treated and released to his parents. Continue reading
An admitted gang member was shot on Friday afternoon at about 1 pm, while walking on in Santa Ana, near Halladay Street and St. Andrews Place, according to the O.C. Register. The incident happened just south of Madison Park.
A black Chevrolet SUV with three males inside pulled up beside the victim and he was fired at by one of the male occupants of the vehicle, when the victim began running from them. He was injured in his left ankle by bullet fragments. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
UPDATE: Victim In 7-5-2015 Shooting Dies From His Injuries – Homicide Investigation
Victim: Kevin Jacobo (20) Santa Ana
On 7-6-2014 shortly after 9:00 am victim Kevin Jacobo died from injuries. This is now a homicide investigation. Detectives ask that anyone with information about this case please call SAPD Homicide detectives at (714) 245-8390 or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS. Continue reading
The Northeast Santa Ana Little League (NESALL) Fireworks Stand, located at 1900 North Grand Avenue, in Santa Ana, was burglarized early this morning by three unidentified men who broke into the stand and stole fireworks valued at approximately $700.00, including the stand’s TNT Big Bang, a huge assortment of fireworks worth over $500. The miscreants also tagged the stand – which means they may have been lowlife cholos!
The thieving gangbangers came to the stand at around around 7:00 a.m. and pulled their truck up behind the stand. They cut the connection to the stand as well as an internal bolt. The stand’s security guard realized that they did not completely pass the stand and went to the east end and he was able to interrupt them. That limited what they could take and thankfully they did not take any money. Continue reading
A 13-year-old boy was shot while walking early Wednesday afternoon at around 12:30 p.m., at the intersection of South Pacific Avenue and West Wilshire Avenue, in Santa Ana, just north of Mater Dei High School, according to the SAPD, as reported by the O.C. Register.
The victim said that he heard three or four shots coming from a vehicle. The boy was hit by bullets in a forearm and thigh and he was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries described as non-life threatening. His identity was not revealed by the police. Continue reading
Photo by “Stop Abusing People’s Derecho’s“
There was a drive by shooting in Santa Ana yesterday, at Birch and Chestnut, that went unreported by local media.
A resident said that she heard about 7 shots fired. Bullet casings and evidence markers were on the ground. Reportedly a few buildings in front were also hit by bullets, according to local photographer and community activist Igmar Rodas’s Facebook page. Continue reading
While our city leaders keep saying that crime is going down in Santa Ana there is at least one local couple that would disagree. A married couple in their 40’s, was walking near 17th and Spurgeon, in Santa Ana’s Ward 3, when shots were fired at them at about 9:11 p.m., according to the O.C. Register.
The husband hit the ground when he was shot at but as it turned out he was not struck by any bullets. He was not at the scene when the SAPD police officers arrived. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # C-94882
Date: June 4, 2015
*Victims were innocent men playing basketball at Santa Ana High School
SANTA ANA – The Board of Parole Hearings (Panel), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation denied parole for three years June 2, 2015, for a criminal street gang member convicted of the shooting murder of one man and causing the permanent injury of three other men in a van to enhance his gang status. Uciel Murgo, 42, is currently being held at Chuckawalla State Prison in Blythe. Murgo pleaded guilty June 7, 1993, to one felony count of second degree murder and eight felony counts of attempted murder with sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury during the commission of a crime and the personal use of a firearm. On July 30, 1993, Murgo was sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison. This case was originally prosecuted by Senior Deputy District Attorney Mark Sevigny.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Jim Mendelson and the victim’s next of kin attended the hearing at the prison to oppose Murgo’s parole. Continue reading
Apparently a local gang banger tried to block a bullet with his hand! Or perhaps he was not quick enough to dodge the bullets fired at him by an unknown assailant.
SAPD police officers drove to the 100 block of South Broadway Street, in Santa Ana’s Ward 2, which is represented by Council Member Michele Martinez, on Thursday night at around 10:30 p.m., after reports of shots fired, according to the O.C. Register.
The police arrested a man who was seen running east on East Walnut Street. The man was shot in the right hand and the police also found a handgun under a nearby parked car. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Fugitive wanted in robbery series arrested in Mexico
Arrested – Wanted Suspect: Ernesto Guerra (20)
Detectives obtained information that suspect Ernesto Guerra was hiding in the city of Jalisco, Mexico with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service and the Mexican law enforcement authorities. Suspect Ernesto Guerra was arrested and brought back to Santa Ana, where he was booked for the robbery series. Continue reading
A unidentified man in his early 20s was shot in the right leg and rear end late Monday, before 11 p.m., in the west alley in the 1100 block of Pacific Avenue in what police suspect is a gang-related incident, according to the O.C. Register.
The injured man told the SAPD that another fellow drove up to him in an unfamiliar car and then someone in the car shot at the man four to five times.
SAPD investigators “found bullet casings in the alley near where they found the wounded man and two cars were also found with bullets lodged inside them.” Continue reading
Another day, another gang-related murder in Santa Ana. This time a 23-year-old man, Miguel Gualfre, was shot to death while he was riding his bike on Tuesday, a little after 11:30 p.m., in the 3900 block of West 5th Street, according to the O.C. Register.
Shots were fired at the bicyclist from a passing car, after he apparently had some sort of confrontation with occupants of the vehicle, which was last seen traveling east on 5th Street. Continue reading
A Santa Ana man was shot at but not hit while standing in front of his home Friday evening at around 8 p.m. at the 1300 block of Third Street, in a possible gang-related attack, according to the O.C. Register.
SAPD police officers found video surveillance footage from nearby Herperian and Third streets that showed four men, who were standing on a corner firing the shots.
No one was arrested as the suspects took off. This incident happened in Santa Ana’s Ward 1, which is represented by Mayor Pro Tem Vince Sarmiento. Continue reading
Four members of a Santa Ana gang were stabbed at a party early on Sunday morning, at a hotel believed to be the Budget Inn, located at 1108 N. Harbor Blvd., in Santa Ana.
SAPD officers sent to the hotel at 2 am, according to the O.C. Register.
The four victims somehow ended up at Santa Ana’s Centennial Park, where one of them called his girlfriend for help. Continue reading