Santa Ana man identified as the Thanksgiving Costa Mesa road rage shooter

The suspect who has been arrested in connection with the deadly Thanksgiving shooting that left one person dead and four others injured in Costa Mesa has been identified by police as 41-year-old Lee Walker of Santa Ana,

Walker was arrested early on Friday morning.

The victim who died in the shooting has been identified as Lucas Rivera-Velasco, 30, Costa Mesa.

The Costa Mesa Police now believe that the shooting was a result of a road rage incident involving a minor car accident.

One of the survivors of the shooting, Jaime Nieto, told ABC 7 that a group of cousins and friends had gathered to celebrate a Thanksgiving meal then he was dropped off at his apartment in Costa Mesa at around 6:45 p.m. in the 400 block of West Bay Street.

Surveillance video of the incident shows that the victims pulled over in a silver truck to drop off Nieto. A suspect in a black truck then pulled up next to them and at least eight shots were fired.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay for Rivera-Velasco’s funeral. Rivera-Velasco’s family is trying to return his body to Mexico.

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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.
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.

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