Companion Kills Man Outside Home
SANTA ANA —
A man was shot dead by a companion while standing outside his home early Saturday, police said.
Luis Cosme Ortiz, 23, and two other men were drinking beer outside Ortiz’s house on 3rd Street about 3:20 a.m. when one of those two men shot Ortiz in the head, according to Santa Ana Police Sgt. Dick Faust.
Ortiz died of the wound about 5:30 a.m. at UCI Medical Center in Orange, Faust said.
Faust said the two men drinking with Ortiz fled before police arrived.
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