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There was a shooting early this morning near Jerome Park

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Shooting at W. Richland and S. Raitt Streets in Santa Ana

A male was parked near the corner of W. Richland and S. Raitt Streets, in Santa Ana, early this morning, just past midnight, when two male suspects walked up to him and a confrontation occurred where the suspects asked about gang affiliation and then proceed to assault the victim, according to SAPD Case number 17-5725.

The suspects fled in a vehicle and the victim followed. One of the suspects exited their car and shot at the victim striking the car only. Continue reading→

A man was killed in a gang-related shooting near Roosevelt Elementary on Sunday night

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Fatal Shooting at 621 E. Chestnut in Santa Ana

SAPD police officers responded to yet another a call regarding a male who was shot on Sunday at 10:40 p.m., at the 600 Block of East Pine St., in Santa Ana. A caller had reported the shooting occurred in the alley at that address, according to SAPD Case #: 1704066.

Police officers found one male adult victim with a single gunshot to the upper torso. Orange County Fire Authority responded and pronounced the male deceased at 10:55 PM. Continue reading→

A man was shot and killed today in a gang-related shooting near Pio Pico Elementary

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Fatal shooting at W. Cubbon and S. Flower St

At 1:44 p.m. today the SAPD received a phone call from a man who reported that his friend had been shot in the area of 800 West Cubbon Street, in Santa Ana.

The man drove the victim to a local hospital were he died from his injuries. Continue reading→

A man was found shot to death behind a vacant Food 4 Less store in Santa Ana

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The former Food 4 Less supermarket located at 1900 N. Grand Ave. has been vacant for many years and now 23-year old Joseph Frank Garcia, a resident of Orange, has been found shot to death behind that store, according to the SAPD.

The body was found in an alley late on Wednesday night, at around 10:30 p.m., by a security guard. The victim is a man who appeared to be in his 20s, according to the SAPD.  Continue reading→

A Santa Ana man was followed then shot at Southeast of Jerome Park

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McDonald’s at S. Pacific and Edinger Ave

This Sunday morning, at about 11:30 a.m., a man was exiting the McDonald’s parking lot at S. Pacific and Edinger Ave. when he realized that he was being followed by a black, older model Acura sedan.

When the man stopped his vehicle at W. Lingan and S. Raitt the Acura pulled up alongside the victim’s driver’s side door. The passenger of the Acura, described as a male Hispanic gang member, asked the victim where he was from, according to SAPD Case number 17-03359. Continue reading→

A man was shot and wounded early this morning near Spurgeon Intermediate School

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Shooting at W 5th and N Fairview in Santa Ana

There was yet another shooting in Santa Ana, early this morning. A male adult shooting victim transported himself to UCI for a gunshot wound to his lower torso on Friday, Feb. 3, at 1:30 a.m., according to SAPD Case #17-3173.

When SAPD police officers arrived to speak to the victim, he said that he had been walking in the area of W. 5th and N. Fairview when he was shot. He is in stable condition.  Continue reading→

A vigil will be held on Jan. 31 in memory of Steve Salgado, who was shot by the SAPD

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The family of Steve Salgado, an 18-year old young man who was shot to death by the SAPD’s gang unit on Jan 29, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. on 400 South Birch Street, in Santa Ana, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for his funeral.

A witness to the incident, as seen in the video above, said that Salgado ran from the police because he did not want to go back to jail as he would miss his daughter.  Continue reading→

Santa Ana man acted in self defense when he killed his sister’s boyfriend, according to his attorney

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Adan Rodriguez Leon, a 34-year old Santa Ana man who is on trial for shooting his sister’s boyfriend to death during an argument is finally getting to tell his side of the story, as his defense attorney is arguing that he acted in self-defense, according to the O.C. Register.

Leon is facing a felony murder charge for killing 39-year old Paul Guzman, 39, in 2015. Continue reading→

A man was shot and wounded early this morning at Santa Ana’s Casa Del Rey bar

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Casa Del Rey in Santa Ana

An unidentified man was shot once in his torso after he reportedly got into a fist fight with two other men, just past midnight this morning, outside of the Casa Del Rey, a bar located at the 200 block of West Warner Avenue, according to the O.C. Register.

As is often the case in these shootings both the victim and the shooter had fled from the scene before SAPD police officers had arrived. However a short time later the Irvine police notified the SAPD that a shooting victim had driven himself to their city, according to SAPD Case Number 17-02759. Continue reading→

Steve Salgado was shot dead this afternoon in Santa Ana’s Heninger Park Neighborhood

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Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a young man named Steve Salgado dead on Sunday afternoon at around 5 p.m. at 500 South Birch St., in Santa Ana. At least four blocks of Broadway were closed during the SAPD’s investigation according to one of our readers.

Apparently SAPD gang detail detectives either made a car stop in an alley or encountered a car in an alley with two occupants. For some reason the passenger from the car, Salgado, allegedly took off on foot through the neighborhood, and the police officers chased him on foot. Then for some unknown reason he was shot and killed by one of the SAPD police officers, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Two men were shot and wounded on Thursday night near Willard Intermediate School

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While the Santa Ana City Council considers blowing $123 million in Federal funds, while stubbornly clinging to their new Sanctuary City status, folks keep getting shot. Two more men were shot and wounded tonight – a day after two men were shot yesterday evening.

SAPD police officers showed up at the intersection of W. 15th and N. Durant Streets, after getting reports about a shooting, at about 8:25 p.m., according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Paroled gangbanger to be charged with attempted murder after shooting in a Santa Ana gang safety zone

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

January 26, 2017

THIRD-STRIKER GANG MEMBER ON PAROLE TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF FATHER AND SON BY SHOOTING AT THEIR CAR IN SANTA ANA GANG SAFETY ZONE

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third-striker gang member on parole is scheduled to be arraigned today for attempting to murder a father and his son by shooting at them in a Santa Ana gang safety zone for the benefit of his gang.

John Salgado, 31, Santa Ana, is charged with two felony counts of attempted premeditated murder, two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, two felony counts of shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, two felony counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, one felony count of felon carrying a loaded firearm in public, and one felony count of possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, with sentencing enhancements for personal discharge of a firearm and criminal street gang activity. Continue reading→

The SAPD closed off part of E. 4th Street tonight while looking for a shooter

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There was another shooting at around 9:45 p.m. in Santa Ana tonight at a business center located at the 1600 block of E. 4th Street., according to the O.C. Register.

Witnesses told the police that the shooter was still on the loose and that two victims, who are both men in their 20s, had already been routed to a local hospital, according to the SAPD. One of the victims  was stabbed in his upper torso and the other man was shot in his leg. Continue reading→