On August 13, 2023, at about 1:52 a.m. officers in Santa Ana found 29-year-old Jorge Velazquez suffering multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso in the 2700 block of North Bristol Street. Emergency responders from the Orange County Fire Authority provided aid, but Velazquez was pronounced dead at the scene. The Santa Ana Police Department opened a homicide investigation and described the shooting as gang-related.

Detectives canvassed the area and identified several people who had been present. On August 15, 2023, 31-year-old Garden Grove resident Diana Tenorio was arrested at her home and a firearm was recovered there. The next day, August 16, 2023, 30-year-old Manuel Chairez was arrested in Moreno Valley; during questioning he made incriminating statements about his involvement. Chairez, who has a 2010 attempted murder conviction and was out on bail on a separate weapons matter at the time of the killing, was charged with murder on August 18, 2023 and faces additional firearm and bail-related enhancements.

Does anyone who lived or worked near North Bristol Street that night have information that could help investigators?