LOCAL : Santa Ana Man Shot in Chest
A Santa Ana man was hospitalized today with a gunshot wound in the chest after he was shot during an argument with two men in a South Bristol Street bar, police said.
Rafael Martinez, 30, was in the intensive care unit at UCI Medical Center in Orange, hospital spokeswoman Fran Tardiff said. He was listed in critical condition.
Martinez reportedly began bickering with two men while the three sat inside the lounge Monday night, a police official said.
The argument moved into the parking lot in front of the bar, the official said, where one of the two unidentified men pulled out a handgun and shot Martinez in the chest.
The two men fled the scene on foot, police spokeswoman Maureen Thomas said. She said police hope to interview Martinez soon to determine what the argument was about and whether he knew the assailants.
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