A normally calm Anaheim neighborhood turned chaotic before dawn Wednesday when a hail of gunfire ripped through homes and vehicles, leaving a woman dead inside a garage and rattling families across the block. Officers arrested a man they believe is the victim’s boyfriend after arriving at the scene and using force to detain him, neighbors and police said. Several nearby houses and cars were hit, and residents were temporarily evacuated while officers swept the area and secured the street.
Police told CBS LA the shooting broke out a little before 3 a.m. on the 2200 block of West Huntington Avenue near Fulton Street. Multiple rounds tore through homes and vehicles across the block, and one neighbor reported that a bullet punched through a bedroom wall and landed on a bed. When officers made entry into the residence, they found the woman dead in the garage, the outlet reported.
According to MyNewsLA, the suspect is a 38-year-old man who opened fire at about 2:45 a.m. Five people inside the home reportedly barricaded themselves while shots were fired both inside and outside the residence. Sgt. Matt Sutter said officers used what he described as "minor force" to take the man into custody, and he was later heavily sedated, preventing detectives from immediately questioning him.
FOX 11 Los Angeles aired video showing patrol cars, crime-scene tape, and investigators working the street, summarizing the department’s account of what happened. The station noted that the alleged gunman also struck a neighbor’s home, and its footage captured residents describing being jolted awake and stunned to find bullet holes and spent rounds in and around their houses early Wednesday.
Anaheim police told CBS LA they believe the suspect was the victim’s boyfriend. Investigators have not released the woman’s name or a possible motive. Officers continued canvassing the area through the morning as the department worked through what they described as an active homicide investigation.
Investigation and next steps
Authorities have labeled the case an active homicide investigation and are collecting physical evidence and interviewing witnesses, MyNewsLA reports. Detectives are going door to door on the block, speaking with neighbors as they try to pin down a precise timeline and determine why the shooting erupted in the middle of an otherwise quiet night.
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