On June 28, 2022, 49-year-old pizza delivery driver Juan Cristalinas of Stanton, California, was shot and killed after stopping his vehicle to intervene in an assault on a 76-year-old man. Cristalinas had come upon a group of men attacking the elderly victim on the 7000 block of Lessue Avenue and stopped to help. The 76-year-old was also shot and sustained non-life-threatening injuries; the suspects fled before deputies arrived.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department led the investigation with assistance from multiple local and federal units, including U.S. Marshals and Customs and Border Protection, and specialized county enforcement teams. Three suspects were later arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail on suspicion of murder. Cristalinas’ family and community remembered him as kind and willing to help others, and his son said his father’s actions reflected who he was.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact authorities.