Maria Del Rufugio Mora was 36 and a mother of three when she was struck by a stray bullet in a parking lot on South Main Street in Santa Ana on December 4, 2022. The Santa Ana Police Department found her with a gunshot wound to her upper body; she was taken to hospital in critical condition and died on December 9, 2022.

Investigators say the shot that hit Mora came during a drive-by shooting aimed at two teenage boys who were fleeing the scene. Police describe the incident as likely gang-related. Surveillance footage and witness statements pointed to a white Toyota Camry; two people from Orange, 19-year-old Mark Remmers and 24-year-old Brooke Victoria Delacruz, were arrested and charged with murder in mid-December 2022. Remmers is identified as the shooter and Delacruz as the vehicle driver, and the suspect vehicle was recovered.

Mora left behind a husband and three children, ages 3 to 15, and a community GoFundMe was set up to help the family. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Santa Ana Police Department.