Santa Ana police search for suspects who shot into car, killing woman

Santa Ana police are searching for suspects who shot into a car of people Wednesday night, killing one woman.

Shortly after 9:30 p.m., officers were called to a shooting in an alley at 2100 West Myrtle Street, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.

The officers found the crime scene but did not find a victim, police said. A few minutes later at about 9:40 p.m. a group of people in a car arrived at a hospital with a woman who had been shot.

Doctors and medical personnel took the woman, believed to be in her 20s, into the hospital where they tried to save her, Bertagna said. She was pronounced dead at about 9:46 p.m. Her name was withheld pending family notification.

Bertagna said investigators believe the shooting to be gang-related. It appears the victim was in the car at the alley, adjacent to apartment buildings, with others when unknown suspects shot inside the vehicle. The occupants inside the vehicle were detained and questioned, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call homicide investigators at 714-245-8390‬ or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.