Man Shot During Fistfight; Condition Is Critical
A 25-year-old Santa Ana man remained in critical condition Sunday after he was shot in the head, allegedly by a man whose two sons were being assaulted in a fistfight with six men, authorities said.
Trinidad Diaz, 29, of Santa Ana was listed in critical condition and was being treated in the intensive care unit of Fountain Valley Community Hospital, a spokeswoman said Sunday.
Santa Ana police arrested Nicolas Zaragoza, 55, of Santa Ana on suspicion of attempted murder, Sgt. Richard Faust said. Zaragoza was being held in lieu of $250,000 bail in the Orange County Jail.
Police said the incident began shortly after 6:45 p.m. Saturday, when a group of six men drove to a house in the 300 block of North Bewley Street, a west Santa Ana neighborhood north of Santa Anita Park.
A fistfight erupted between the six men and two brothers who live at the Bewley Street residence. According to police, the father of the two brothers came out of the house with a handgun and fired a single shot at his sons’ attackers.
The bullet struck Diaz, who was treated by paramedics and rushed to the hospital emergency room in Fountain Valley.
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