A Santa Ana man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting, according to the Huntington Beach Police Department.
On November 9, 2025, at about 2:26 p.m., the Huntington Beach Police Department received reports of shots fired near Ash Lane and Mandrell Drive.
Responding plolice officers located an adult male victim suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local trauma center, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The victim’s identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Detectives from the HBPD Major Crimes Unit and Special Investigations Bureau responded and assumed the investigation. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Coroner Division and Crime Lab also assisted.
Luis Angel Mireles, 28, of Santa Ana, was identified as a person of interest. Yesterday, at approximately 11:30 p.m., detectives contacted Mireles in Santa Ana.
Based on interviews and evidence collected at the scene, Mireles was arrested and booked at the Huntington Beach City Jail for PC 187(a) – Murder and PC 1203.2 – Violation of Probation.
The investigation remains ongoing, and no additional details are being released at this time.
Here are the likely penalties and sentencing guidelines for the charges mentioned:
PC 187(a) – Murder
- Definition: Unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought.
- Penalties:
- First-Degree Murder (willful, deliberate, premeditated):
- 25 years to life in state prison.
- May increase to life without parole or death penalty if special circumstances apply (e.g., multiple victims, killing a peace officer, gang-related, or felony murder).
- Second-Degree Murder (intentional but not premeditated):
- 15 years to life in state prison.
- Enhanced penalties if:
- Victim was a peace officer (25 years to life).
- Drive-by shooting (20 years to life).
- First-Degree Murder (willful, deliberate, premeditated):
- Additional Factors:
- Use of a firearm can add 10–25 years under California’s firearm enhancement laws.
- Murder is a violent felony under California’s Three Strikes Law.
PC 1203.2 – Violation of Probation
- Definition: Breaking terms of probation (technical or substantive violation).
- Penalties:
- Judge can revoke probation and impose the original suspended sentence.
- For felony probation tied to a serious crime like murder:
- Likely full prison term reinstated.
- No fixed term for probation violation itself; it triggers serving the underlying sentence.
Sentencing Structure
- Murder convictions in California carry indeterminate sentences (e.g., 25 years to life), meaning parole eligibility after the minimum term but no guarantee of release
Hbpd and fvpd are a totalitarian police states…these 2 departments have an extensive brutality, corruption falsifieng evidence and violating constitutional rights of any citizen that does not have 25 million as their net worth..ive heard their officers bragg about assaulting a homeless man in a wheelchair..with zero oversight these rogue departments continue their criminal actovities..espiecially fountain valley…these 2 departments only hire corrupts that have been released from other departments…the citezens of these 2 departments slowly but surely are awakening to these disturbing facts..typical oc downhome facism..they should be tried for crimes against humanity…hopefully one day soon they can be prosecuted and executed properly for all the innocent victim of systemic police criminality..including murdering innocent civilians…real heroes, what a joke