A young person was arrested on suspicion of homicide after allegedly taking pictures and killing a person with a flare gun in Huntington Seaside on Friday night time.
Officers with the Huntington Seaside Police Division responded to a report of a taking pictures close to the intersection of Florida Road and Utica Avenue round 8:40 p.m. Friday, in accordance with division spokesperson Jessica Cuchilla.
Upon arrival on the scene, officers positioned the sufferer, recognized by the Orange County Coroner Division as Jose Manuel Nares of Huntington Seaside, affected by a gunshot wound inflicted by a flare gun. The 29-year-old obtained medical assist and was taken to a hospital, the place he died.
The suspect, whose identification is being withheld as a result of he’s a juvenile, fled the scene however was “rapidly positioned by responding officers,” Cuchilla mentioned. The weapon was additionally recovered.
The teenager was booked into Orange County Juvenile Corridor, Cuchilla mentioned.
Statistics about flare gun fatalities are restricted. Nonetheless, Lt. Brian Smith of the Huntington Seaside Police Division mentioned flare weapons launch projectiles that may cause damage, or they’ll be modified to fireplace different sorts of ammunition. In 2021, a 41-year-old man in Auburn, Wash., died after being shot within the chest by a modified flare gun, in accordance with native information experiences.
“Based mostly on the preliminary investigation, detectives imagine this was an remoted incident and that there isn’t any ongoing risk to the group,” Cuchilla mentioned of the Huntington Seaside taking pictures.
Anybody with video surveillance or data associated to the taking pictures is inspired to name the Huntington Seaside Police Division at (714) 878-5640.
