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Search Warrant Page 7 of 14 SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATION Santa Ana Police Officers C. Cofer #3626 and R. Santaella #3717 conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle, in the area of Rosewood Avenue and Bishop Street. During the traffic stop, an officer involved shooting occurred. The suspect involved in the shooting, later identified as Marvin Melgarejo ran away from officers after discarding a firearm, northbound on Rosewood Avenue from Bishop Street. While fleeing from officers, Melgarejo ran in front of the suspect vehicle, Chevrolet Suburban ). The vehicle stopped, at which point, two suspects exited the vehicle. Each suspect brandished a firearm and began firing at Melgarejo while he continued to flee the area. Melgarejo was found in the immediate area of the second shooting with multiple gunshot wounds. It was later determined at least one of the gunshot wounds occurred from the second shooting incident, involving the suspects in the vehicle. The second shooting incident was captured on surveillance cameras and based on the footage, the suspect vehicle was identified as a vehicle belonging to Dante Castro. Castro is a self -admitted and documented member of the criminal street gang, Delhi. Castro was detained and interviewed on a later date. Under Miranda, Castro admitted to being the driver of the suspect vehicle at the time of the shooting and identified Daniel Quirino and Victor Longoria as the passengers and shooters. Quirino and Longoria are documented members of the criminal street gang, Calle Flores. The victim, Melgarejo is a documented member of the criminal street gang, Bishop Street. Calle Flores and Bishop Street are rival gangs. PROBABLE CAUSE Santa Ana Police Department Case Number 2023-07973 On Friday, April 7th, 2023, Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) Detective T. Bell #3656 and Detective J. McKee #3467 responded to the area of Rosewood Avenue and Bishop Avenue, within the City of Santa Ana, CA. reference an officer involved shooting, which had just occurred. Officers involved in the shooting, broadcasted via their radio, the suspect was last seen running north from their location. As the detectives were conducting a patrol check in the area for the suspect, they observed a male subject later identified as the victim, Marvin Melgarejo, lying on his stomach along the east sidewalk, in front of 437 S. Shelton Street. It should be noted, Melgarejo is a documented member of the criminal street gang, Bishop Street with a moniker of “Saint.” Melgarejo was found with multiple gunshot wounds to both legs and left arm. Detective Bell and his partners rendered medical aid to Melgarejo. Eventually, Melgarejo was able to be transported to Orange County Global Hospital where he continued to receive treatment and was declared in stable condition. While being treated at the hospital, hospital staff located a slug round of ammunition, which did not appear to have a hollow point tip. It should be noted, officers are issued hollow point ammunition, thus it is believed at least one of the rounds, which struck Melgarejo was from this incident. Officers began to canvass the area, where Melgarejo was found and taken into custody. During that canvass, SAPD patrol officers located surveillance footage of this attempted murder incident. Detective Bell reviewed the footage, which showed Melgarejo running in a southeast direction on Shelton Street from W. Myrtle Street. As Melgarejo continues to run, a two-tone (black over tan) Chevrolet SUV with distinct collision damage to the front passenger panel drives southbound into the footage frame. The vehicle slowly comes to a stop, while Melgarejo is still running southbound along the east curb line. Once the Chevrolet SUV comes to a stop, two male suspects are seen exiting the suspect vehicle from the front and rear passenger seats. Suspect #1 who is not seen on the surveillance footage is the driver, operating the vehicle. Suspect #2, who is seen exiting from the front passenger seat is described as a Male, Hispanic wearing a