2 held in man’s fatal shooting

Two young men were in custody Friday in connection with a fatal shooting in front of a Lake Forest home, authorities said.

Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department found the victim, Luis Alejandro Rivera, 22, on a sidewalk in the 24000 block of Ankerton Drive shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday. He died at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills.

A dark sedan was seen fleeing the scene, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino said.

About 5:30 a.m. Friday, deputies arrested Edgar Cavillo, 19, of Santa Ana on suspicion of being the triggerman. A second man, 18, suspected of being a passenger in the car, was taken into custody a few hours later; his name was not released.

Two rifles, one believed to have been used in the shooting, were retrieved, Amormino said.

He said the killing was not gang-related. Rivera and Cavillo knew each other and at one time were friends, Amormino said. Family members told deputies that Rivera worked at a tire shop, lived with his parents and was the father of a 5-month-old.

Rivera and the shooter had an argument, “but what that argument was about we don’t know yet,” Amormino said.

Deputies are still looking for a man they believe was driving the sedan. He was identified as Alfredo Cruz, 20, whose last known address was his parents’ home in Aliso Viejo.

-- Jennifer Delson