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Police ID man suspected in slayings | - SHOOTINGS - The Orange County Register
By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRA MOLINA and DOUG IRVING / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Four people are dead and at least two others wounded in a shooting rampage that led authorities from Ladera Ranch to Orange early Tuesday, authorities said.
One woman was shot and killed in Ladera Ranch, and authorities said the gunman then carjacked three vehicles in and around Tustin.ADVERTISEMENT
Two people were killed in the carjackings, one shot in what police described as an “execution” at the side of the road. Two others people were wounded before the man suspected in the shootings stopped in Orange, walked out of the car and shot himself.
The gunman was identified by authorities as Ali Syed, a 21-year-old man. His connection to the woman killed in Ladera Ranch was unknown, authorities said.
MOTIVE UNCERTAIN
What prompted the early-morning shootings was not immediately clear, authorities said, but the deadly chain of events was believed to have started before 4:45 a.m., when a woman was shot multiple times in a Ladera Ranch home on Red Leaf Lane, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
The gunman, who has been identified only as a man in his 20s, is believed to have then headed north in an SUV.
A neighbor said he heard what sounded like gunshots before 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, followed by a lot of noise at about 4 a.m.
“I was in the garage and the door was cracked,” said Jason Glass. “When I opened my garage door this morning, my whole house was covered in tape. What a way to wake up.”
The relationship between the woman killed in Ladera Ranch and the gunman was not clear, Amormino said. At least one other adult and some children were in the home on Red Leaf when the shooting occurred, officials said.
Property records show the home is owned by Irfan and Sarwat Syed, who bought it in 2008.
A woman with the same name, Sarwat Syed, was arrested in August 2011 on suspicion of hitting a 4-year-old girl with a Yukon Denali and fleeing the scene. She was scheduled to appear in court Feb. 25. Amormino said she was not a victim in the shootings.
On Tuesday morning, deputies responded to the Ladera Ranch home, and law enforcement officials throughout Orange County began searching for the shooter.
CARJACKINGS AFTER FIRST SHOOTING
Tustin police then received reports of a carjacking at Red Hill Avenue and Nisson Road at 5:10 a.m., where a bystander was shot, Garaven said. That person was wounded. Police found a black 2011 GMC SUV at the scene of that carjacking, which was registered to Irfan and Sarwat Syed.
Police believe the carjacker took a Dodge pickup.
A second carjacking was then reported along Village Way and the 55 freeway at 5:15 a.m., where the same man is believed to have shot and killed a driver before taking a BMW.
Cpl. Anthony Bertagna of the Santa Ana Police Department said the carjacker confronted the driver of the BMW at a stop sign and walked him out of the car.
The carjacker walked the driver to the curb and “basically executed him,” he said.
About half a dozen bystanders witnessed the shooting, Bertagna said.
Another driver in that area drove in reverse in the southbound lanes of the 55 at about 5:20 a.m., trying to avoid a gunman, a witness said.
Damita Cunningham said the driver in front of her backed into her car and she chased after him trying to get the license number.
“We got off (at) Edinger and he said, ‘You don’t know what happened,’ ” Cunningham said.
The driver told her he backed into her car because a man was pointing a gun at him.
“He panicked and backed into my car so he could get away,” she said.
Police continued to search for the gunman in the area until they received reports of a man with a gun near Edinger and Newport avenues. Two people were shot there before a man took a utility truck, Garaven said. One of the victims was taken to a hospital. The other victim died.
Officers were dispatched to multiple shooting scenes, but authorities found the man believed to be the gunman driving on the 55 freeway, Garaven said.
CARS, DRIVERS HIT BY GUNFIRE
Law enforcement officials said they also received reports of indiscriminate shootings, including commuters who reported that they were hit or their cars were hit by gunfire along the 55 freeway.
Police are investigating whether the shooter fired from a moving vehicle or aimed at passing cars, Garaven said. Three victims of gunfire have contacted Tustin police, including one who suffered minor injuries and two whose vehicles were damaged.
The man suspected of being the gunman in the shootings was stopped by officers near Wanda and Katella.
“The suspect shot and killed himself,” Garaven said, before officers were able to contact him.
A shotgun was retrieved in that area.
Residents stood outside the crime scene tape, where the body of the man believed to be the gunman was visible under a yellow tarp.
"I’ve never seen anything like this in this neighborhood," said Leo Kueny, a 44-year-old resident. "It’s a very strange day."
Register staff writers Claudia Koerner, Deepa Bharath, Sarah de Crescenzo, Thomas Martinez, and Marie Ekberg Padilla contributed to this report.
By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRA MOLINA and DOUG IRVING / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Four people are dead and at least two others wounded in a shooting rampage that led authorities from Ladera Ranch to Orange early Tuesday, authorities said.
One woman was shot and killed in Ladera Ranch, and authorities said the gunman then carjacked three vehicles in and around Tustin.ADVERTISEMENT
Two people were killed in the carjackings, one shot in what police described as an “execution” at the side of the road. Two others people were wounded before the man suspected in the shootings stopped in Orange, walked out of the car and shot himself.
The gunman was identified by authorities as Ali Syed, a 21-year-old man. His connection to the woman killed in Ladera Ranch was unknown, authorities said.
MOTIVE UNCERTAIN
What prompted the early-morning shootings was not immediately clear, authorities said, but the deadly chain of events was believed to have started before 4:45 a.m., when a woman was shot multiple times in a Ladera Ranch home on Red Leaf Lane, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
The gunman, who has been identified only as a man in his 20s, is believed to have then headed north in an SUV.
A neighbor said he heard what sounded like gunshots before 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, followed by a lot of noise at about 4 a.m.
“I was in the garage and the door was cracked,” said Jason Glass. “When I opened my garage door this morning, my whole house was covered in tape. What a way to wake up.”
The relationship between the woman killed in Ladera Ranch and the gunman was not clear, Amormino said. At least one other adult and some children were in the home on Red Leaf when the shooting occurred, officials said.
Property records show the home is owned by Irfan and Sarwat Syed, who bought it in 2008.
A woman with the same name, Sarwat Syed, was arrested in August 2011 on suspicion of hitting a 4-year-old girl with a Yukon Denali and fleeing the scene. She was scheduled to appear in court Feb. 25. Amormino said she was not a victim in the shootings.
On Tuesday morning, deputies responded to the Ladera Ranch home, and law enforcement officials throughout Orange County began searching for the shooter.
CARJACKINGS AFTER FIRST SHOOTING
Tustin police then received reports of a carjacking at Red Hill Avenue and Nisson Road at 5:10 a.m., where a bystander was shot, Garaven said. That person was wounded. Police found a black 2011 GMC SUV at the scene of that carjacking, which was registered to Irfan and Sarwat Syed.
Police believe the carjacker took a Dodge pickup.
A second carjacking was then reported along Village Way and the 55 freeway at 5:15 a.m., where the same man is believed to have shot and killed a driver before taking a BMW.
Cpl. Anthony Bertagna of the Santa Ana Police Department said the carjacker confronted the driver of the BMW at a stop sign and walked him out of the car.
The carjacker walked the driver to the curb and “basically executed him,” he said.
About half a dozen bystanders witnessed the shooting, Bertagna said.
Another driver in that area drove in reverse in the southbound lanes of the 55 at about 5:20 a.m., trying to avoid a gunman, a witness said.
Damita Cunningham said the driver in front of her backed into her car and she chased after him trying to get the license number.
“We got off (at) Edinger and he said, ‘You don’t know what happened,’ ” Cunningham said.
The driver told her he backed into her car because a man was pointing a gun at him.
“He panicked and backed into my car so he could get away,” she said.
Police continued to search for the gunman in the area until they received reports of a man with a gun near Edinger and Newport avenues. Two people were shot there before a man took a utility truck, Garaven said. One of the victims was taken to a hospital. The other victim died.
Officers were dispatched to multiple shooting scenes, but authorities found the man believed to be the gunman driving on the 55 freeway, Garaven said.
CARS, DRIVERS HIT BY GUNFIRE
Law enforcement officials said they also received reports of indiscriminate shootings, including commuters who reported that they were hit or their cars were hit by gunfire along the 55 freeway.
Police are investigating whether the shooter fired from a moving vehicle or aimed at passing cars, Garaven said. Three victims of gunfire have contacted Tustin police, including one who suffered minor injuries and two whose vehicles were damaged.
The man suspected of being the gunman in the shootings was stopped by officers near Wanda and Katella.
“The suspect shot and killed himself,” Garaven said, before officers were able to contact him.
A shotgun was retrieved in that area.
Residents stood outside the crime scene tape, where the body of the man believed to be the gunman was visible under a yellow tarp.
"I’ve never seen anything like this in this neighborhood," said Leo Kueny, a 44-year-old resident. "It’s a very strange day."
Register staff writers Claudia Koerner, Deepa Bharath, Sarah de Crescenzo, Thomas Martinez, and Marie Ekberg Padilla contributed to this report.
