Brother Wounded in Gang Shooting Remains Critical
A man who was wounded during a fatal shooting by suspected gang members in the parking lot of Santa Ana High School remained in critical condition Saturday.
Winulfo Meza, whose 31-year-old brother was shot to death Thursday after a pickup basketball game, is at UCI Medical Center in Orange. Two others also were injured but have been released from the hospital.
Police were continuing the investigation Saturday. No arrests have been made.
Meanwhile, the Meza family is struggling to raise money to send to Mexico for burial the body of Mauro Meza, a nursery driver and father of three. The county coroner has released Meza’s body to MacDougall Mortuary in Santa Ana.
Winulfo and Mauro Meza and seven companions had just left the basketball court at Santa Ana High School when the shootings occurred Thursday evening. They had been playing a pickup game after work and decided to leave after a group, apparently gang members, taunted them. The group blocked their departure and then sprayed bullets into the van being driven by Mauro Meza.
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