Return Fire Fatal to Man in ‘Drive-By’
A Fullerton man has died of a bullet wound suffered in a weekend gang-related drive-by shooting in Santa Ana, police said.
Ruben Ramirez, 22, and his friends were in a car passing 5300 West 5th Street about 11:10 p.m. Sunday and shooting at another group of men standing in front of the house, said Maureen Haacker, a police spokeswoman.
The second group of men returned fire into the car and hit Ramirez, whose friends then drove about a mile to call for help. He died Tuesday just before 4 p.m., officials said.
“Our gang detail is working on the case trying to come up with some suspects,” Haacker said.
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