Santa Ana man fatally shot near Newhope Elementary School

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Detectives Investigating Shooting Death of 24 Year Man

Victim: Francisco Sotelo Gonzalez (24) Santa Ana

On February 16, 2016, at about 6:45pm, officers responded to the 1100 block of South Harmon Street reference a call of a person shot. When officers arrived they located a male Hispanic, 24 years of age, suffering from a gunshot wound to the body.

The victim was transported to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injury.

Homicide detectives responded to the scene and are conducting an ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact the Santa Ana Police Department, Homicide Section at 714-245-8390 or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.

This shooting happened near Newhope Elementary School, Fitz Intermediate School and James Monroe Elementary School, in Santa Ana’s Ward 6, which is represented by Councilman Sal Tinajero.

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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.

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