Elvis Alfonso Mojica Delgado, 28, was found just after midnight on July 11, 2025, lying unresponsive on the Santa Ana Riverbed Trail near the 2100 block of West 17th Street. Officers responding to a report of a man down arrived about 12:03 a.m. and discovered Mojica Delgado with a gunshot wound to the upper torso. Orange County Fire Authority personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Detectives established a crime scene and canvassed for witnesses as dawn approached, but early reports did not explain why he was on the river trail that hour or what led to the shooting. Authorities appealed for tips to the Santa Ana Police Department’s Homicide Section and to Orange County Crime Stoppers; as of those initial days no arrest had been announced and no suspect had been identified by name. The motive remains unknown.

If anyone was near the 2100 block of West 17th Street on the night of July 10–11, 2025, or has information about who might have been on the trail, please contact Santa Ana police.