Incident

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2-19-2013 California Orange 6-1

Location

February 19, 2013

Orange (county), Orange, California

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Courtney Aoki
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Name: Melvin Edwards
Age: 69
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Jeremy Lewis
Age: 27
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Ali Syed
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Suicide^
Murder/Suicide
Drive-by (car to street, car to car)
Spree Shooting (multiple victims, multiple locations)
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)

Notes

Aoki killed in Ladera Ranch; 3 vics shot while driving on 5 Freeway to SOBO 55 Freeway; 5th vic shot in Santa Ana near Village Way; 6th vic shot in 2nd carjack

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 12 gauge

Sources

URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2-southern-california-shooting-spree-victims-identified-article-1.1269107

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/ali-syed-california-rampage-shooting-suicide-note_n_2792470.html

URL: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Tustin-Orange-County-Freeway-Shootings-191813631.html

URL: http://www.ibtimes.com/who-ali-syed-oc-gunman-leaves-4-dead-3-victims-identified-1095082

URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2281171/California-shooting-suspect-Ali-Syed-gunned-woman-bloody-25-minute-murder-spree.html

District

Congressional District: 46
State Senate District: 34
State House District: 72