Santa Ana : Man Arrested in Killing Over Theft of Roosters
Police have arrested a Fountain Valley resident accused of killing a Santa Ana man during the alleged theft of two roosters from a backyard, police said Friday.
Police spokeswoman Maureen Thomas said Santa Ana police, with the aid of Fountain Valley police officers, arrested Jesus Vasquez Romo, 31, at his residence at 11571 Carnation Circle in Fountain Valley shortly before midnight Thursday.
Romo is accused of the May 27 shooting of Salvador Saucedo Tinajero, 37. Thomas said the suspect was booked at the Orange County Jail on murder charges and bail was set at $250,000.
According to police, the victim and three friends went to a house in the 4700 block of West 5th Street in Santa Ana looking for a party. Tinajero, Thomas said, then drifted over to the backyard of a residence in the same block where Romo lived at the time.
The victim allegedly took two roosters from a pen before being confronted by Romo and three of his friends. One shot was fired, hitting Tinajero in the chest.
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