Thu. Nov 21st, 2024

Another violent week in Santa Ana ended with a dead teen and another wounded teen, when they were shot by suspected gangbangers at the 400 block of South Birch Street on Friday night, according to the O.C. Register.

SAPD police officers responded to the scene, at about 9:30 p.m, when they received a call about shots fired. They found evidence of a shooting but at the time did not find the victims.

Not too long afterwards the SAPD received notice that the shooting victims had ended up at Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, according to the SAPD.

One victim, Henry Plascencia, a 15-year old, passed away at around 10 p.m. The other victim, also an unidentified teenage boy, had a gunshot wound to his lower abdomen, but was recovering in unknown condition.

The police have not yet identified the suspects or the motive for the shooting although they suspect the shooting is gang-related.

This shooting happened near Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana’s Ward 2, which is represented by Council Member Michele Martinez.

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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.

By Art Pedroza

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.

3 thoughts on “One teen was shot dead and another was wounded on Friday night on S. Birch St.”
  1. There was a shooting on 9/24 around 12:30-1:30 AM, maybe earlier, technically making it 9/23, around this same area (Birch/Pine/Chestnut). I cannot find any information on the internet. Do you know anything?

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