There was yet another drive-by shooting in Santa Ana this morning, shortly before 2 a.m., according to the SAPD, case number 16-34181.
A male victim was driving southbound at the 200 block of S. Birch St. when he was shot by an unidentified suspect.
The victim was shot in the back. Currently he is at a local hospital with a prognosis of paralysis due to his injury.
The SAPD has not yet released any description of the shooter.
This attack happened just east of Santa Ana High School.
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
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Rival gang members can easily identify the 200 block of S. Birch St. as walnut st. gang territory because many said gang members hang out there (even though none of them live on that block between Walnut and Pine). In particular, these walnut st. gang members (some of which include individuals named Necio, Crooks, Bala, Spider, Guero, and Happy) hang out at 215 S. BIRCH STREET (Apartment #A) where a white male drug addict lives, but is supposedly in the process of being evicted. The property manager, Diana Coronado of Gold Coast Enterprises, has been made well aware of the situation, but refuses to take any action to help the innocent and hardworking tenants of the Birch Apartments (213-215 S. Birch St.).
Police cannot or will not do much to help the problem. Hard working, innocent people are targets for rival gang members because walnut st. gang members are allowed to break into, loiter, and graffiti in and around the Birch Apartments (213 & 215 S. BIRCH ST.)