Crime & Safety
67-Year-Old Victim ID'd In Fatal Shooting; 2 Men Arrested
Two Orange County men were arrested in connection with the killing of the 67-year-old Garden Grove man.
ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Two men suspected of fatally shooting a 67-year-old Orange County man were behind bars Wednesday.
Garden Grove resident Rodolfo Ramirez, 37, and Santa Ana resident Gustavo Covarrubias, 51, were arrested Tuesday, according to the Garden Grove Police Department.
The two were arrested in connection with the killing of a 67-year-old man, who was later identified as Mario Barrios of Garden Grove.
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Barrios was shot at around 4 p.m. Sept. 21 in an industrial area in the 12600 block of Westminster Avenue, according to the GGPD.
He was fatally shot in the upper body in a parking lot and was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
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The cause of the shooting is under investigation.
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