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Search Warrant <br />Page 12 of 19 <br />Detective Raya described the clothing and pointed out each individual photographed while exiting the vehicl. <br />Castro idenitifed the front passenger as Quirino and the rear passenger as Longoria. He also admitted both <br />members are members of the criminal street gang, Calle Flores. Castro was shown an aerial photograph of the <br />shooting scene and he positiviely identified where his vehicle was at the time of the shooting, along where the <br />vicitm was last seen falling to the ground as he was shot. <br />Follow-up <br />On 08/13/22 Longoria, Quirino and Castro were contacted within Calle Flores gang territory near a graffiti plaque <br />that read “CF”. <br />On 11/16/21 Longoria, Quirino and Castro were contacted within Calle Flores gang territory, where it was <br />discovered that Castro was illegally in possession of a firearm. During that investigation, Quirino admitted there <br />was an alliance between the criminal street gangs Delhi and Calle Flores, due to him having grown up and <br />attended school with Delhi gang members. <br />Quirino was also identified as a suspect in a previous gang related shooting on 09/24/2022, where there were <br />atleast two suspects involved. That shooting is still under investigation, however that shooting shares similar facts <br />to this shooting. Such as the suspects used their own vehicle, multiple suspects were involved including a <br />designated driver and shooter, along the with the shooting suspect being described as a light skinned male <br />hispanic, in his 20’s, with a goatee and wearing a black hat on backyards. That physical description matches <br />Longoria including age, goatee and skin color along with him being identified as the suspect wearing the hat <br />backwards in this shooting also. <br /> <br />On May 10, 2023, Detective Raya authored a Ramey Warrant identifying Victor Longoria as a suspect in this <br />attempted homicide investigation. On the same date, the Honorable Judge S. McGreevy, Judge of the Superior <br />Court-Central signed the warrant. <br /> <br />Santa Ana Police Department Case Number 2023-11148 <br /> <br />On May 16, 2023, at about 1715 hours, Santa Ana Police Department Gang Detective T. Liggett and additional <br />SAPD gang detectives detained Victor Longoria during a traffic stop. Longoria was the passenger in a gray <br />Chevrolet Tahoe CA# . Longoria was holding a red Apple iPhone during the traffic stop and was wearing <br />a black Florida Marlins hat during the traffic stop. A brown bandana was also located inside the vehicle. <br /> <br />Based on Detective Liggett’s training and experience, he recognized the hat and bandana as gang specific <br />clothing worn by Calle Flores gang members and associates. The hat, bandana, and cellphone were retained. <br /> <br />Corporals A. Garcia and D. Garcia arrived to the location of the traffic stop and assisted by transporting Longoria <br />to the Santa Ana Police Station. Detective Liggett gave the hat, bandana, and cellphone to Corp oral D. <br />Garcia. The items were later given to Detective Sandoval and he booked them into evidence. <br />A probation compliance check was then conducted at Longoria's residence located at 1011 W. Pine Street, Santa <br />Ana, Ca. <br />During the probation check, Detective M. Griffith found the following rounds of ammunition and magazines in the <br />living room of the residence: (32) rounds of shotgun ammunition, (5) rounds of .22 caliber ammunition, (3) rounds <br />of 9mm ammunition, (5) rounds of .380 caliber ammunition, (1) "GFL" unknown caliber round of ammunition, an <br />empty box of Winchester 20 gauge ammunition, a box of (18) Barnes TAL-XPD 9mm ammunition, (2) boxes of <br />(20) .223 Remington Wolf ammunition, a black pistol grip, (3) 7.62 Empty magazines, an AR-15 style magazine <br />loaded with (26) rounds of .223 caliber ammunition. <br />Detective Liggett found a light blue Florida Marlins hat, a black Florida Marlins hat, and brown bandana in the <br />closet of Victor Longoria's bedroom. Detective Liggett also found a letter addressed to Victor Longoria in the same <br />closet.