A man was in critical condition after Santa Ana officers found him with multiple gunshot wounds to the lower half of his body at South Lyon Street and East First Street. The person who fired got out of a vehicle, shot several times and drove away.
NBC Los Angeles reported Wednesday that the Santa Ana Police Department said officers responded around 1 p.m. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital. Authorities believe the shooting was related to road rage, and the investigation is ongoing.
The public account does not spell out what happened before the gunfire, only that police tie it to a possible roadway confrontation. What is described is the sequence after the suspect left his vehicle: multiple rounds, then a departure from the scene.
This shooting is separate from another Santa Ana road-rage case reported by New Santa Ana. That outlet said an incident the previous week led to an arrest after a suspect allegedly brandished a firearm during a roadway confrontation. Detectives later searched that suspect's residence and seized two assault rifles, three semi-automatic handguns, ammunition and magazines. Neither report connects that arrest to the shooting at South Lyon and East First.
The man shot near those streets remained in critical condition, with investigators still working the case.
