O.C. man accused of trying to kill 2 Santa Ana police officers
A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of trying to kill two Santa Ana police officers, authorities said Sunday.
The officers were called to the 400 block of South Hesperian Street about 4:45 p.m. Saturday and came upon a man armed with a pistol, according to a statement from the Santa Ana Police Department.
The man, later identified as Oscar Freddie Torres, fired “multiple times in the direction of the officers,†police said.
The officers were not struck and did not return fire. Torres allegedly fled and was later detained at his home, police said.
A documented gang member, Torres was booked on two counts of attempted murder of a police officer.
Prosecutors have not filed charges against him, and it’s unclear if he was represented by an attorney.
He was being held in an Orange County jail in lieu of $1-million bail and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, according to jail records.
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