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Officially the year of guns?
Four people are dead and two others wounded in multiple shootings near the 55 and 5 freeways, authorities said.
Among the dead is the man believed to be the shooter, police said, who apparently killed himself after officers stopped his car in the city of Orange, said Lt. Paul Garaven of the Tustin Police Department.
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An Orange police officer directs traffic on Wanda Road in Orange early Tuesday morning. An investigation continues just up the road as a body lays in the intersection of Wanda Road and Katella Avenue.
The first shooting was reported in Ladera Ranch, where the shooter killed a woman inside a home along Red Leaf Lane, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff?s Department. The shooting was reported at about 5:20 a.m.
The shooter, descibed only as a male, fled in an SUV, Amormino said.
As authorities searched for the shooter, at least three carjackings were reported in Santa Ana and Tustin, with the gunman firing several times and killing two people, authorities said.
The pursuit came to an end in Orange, when police stopped one of the stolen vehicles near Katella Avenue and Wanda Road, officials said. The man believed to be the gunman in the other shootings killed himself before he was taken into custody, according to officials.
His body, covered with a yellow tarp, was on the ground in the middle of the intersection.
The first carjacking was reported at Red Hill Avenue and Nisson Road, where a bystander was shot, he said. That person was not fatally injured, Garaven said.
Police then received reports of another shooting along Village Way and the 55 freeway, where the shooter is believed to have shot and killed a driver before taking a vehicle.
Officers continued to search for the gunman until they received reports of a man with a gun near the area of Edinger and Newport avenuew. Two people were shot there before the gunman took another vehicle, Garaven said. One of the victims was taken to a hospital. The other died.
While reporting to multiple shooting scenes, officers found the man believed to be the gunman driving on the 55 freeway, Garaven said.
The vehicle was stopped by officers near the intersection of Wanda and Katella.
?The suspect shot and killed himself,? Garaven said, before officers were able to contact him.
Residents stood outside the crime scene tape, where the body of the gunman was visible under a yellow tarp.
"I've never seen anything like this in this neighborhood," said Leo Kueny, a 44-year-old resident. "It's a very strange day."
More information to come.
Officially the year of guns?
Four people are dead and two others wounded in multiple shootings near the 55 and 5 freeways, authorities said.
Among the dead is the man believed to be the shooter, police said, who apparently killed himself after officers stopped his car in the city of Orange, said Lt. Paul Garaven of the Tustin Police Department.
Article Tab: road-wanda-orange-directs
An Orange police officer directs traffic on Wanda Road in Orange early Tuesday morning. An investigation continues just up the road as a body lays in the intersection of Wanda Road and Katella Avenue.
The first shooting was reported in Ladera Ranch, where the shooter killed a woman inside a home along Red Leaf Lane, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff?s Department. The shooting was reported at about 5:20 a.m.
The shooter, descibed only as a male, fled in an SUV, Amormino said.
As authorities searched for the shooter, at least three carjackings were reported in Santa Ana and Tustin, with the gunman firing several times and killing two people, authorities said.
The pursuit came to an end in Orange, when police stopped one of the stolen vehicles near Katella Avenue and Wanda Road, officials said. The man believed to be the gunman in the other shootings killed himself before he was taken into custody, according to officials.
His body, covered with a yellow tarp, was on the ground in the middle of the intersection.
The first carjacking was reported at Red Hill Avenue and Nisson Road, where a bystander was shot, he said. That person was not fatally injured, Garaven said.
Police then received reports of another shooting along Village Way and the 55 freeway, where the shooter is believed to have shot and killed a driver before taking a vehicle.
Officers continued to search for the gunman until they received reports of a man with a gun near the area of Edinger and Newport avenuew. Two people were shot there before the gunman took another vehicle, Garaven said. One of the victims was taken to a hospital. The other died.
While reporting to multiple shooting scenes, officers found the man believed to be the gunman driving on the 55 freeway, Garaven said.
The vehicle was stopped by officers near the intersection of Wanda and Katella.
?The suspect shot and killed himself,? Garaven said, before officers were able to contact him.
Residents stood outside the crime scene tape, where the body of the gunman was visible under a yellow tarp.
"I've never seen anything like this in this neighborhood," said Leo Kueny, a 44-year-old resident. "It's a very strange day."
More information to come.
