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Investigation continues into fatal shooting in Stanton

ORANGE COUNTY Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal shooting in Stanton (Shutterstock).

The investigation is continuing into a shooting incident in Stanton that took the life of one victim and wounded another.

According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department – which provides police services to Stanton – deputies were dispatched to the area of Orangewood Avenue and Court Street (east of Stanton Avenue) at around 4:19 p.m. on Friday.

Arriving deputies found an adult man in a vehicle on Court Street suffering from a gunshot wound. That victim, identified as Jonathan Alexis Jimenez, 18, of Stanton, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A second victim, an adult male found in the same vehicle, was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries related to the incident.

Several subjects at the scene were detained while the OCSD’s Homicide and Gang Enforcement Team is continuing to investigate.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Sheriff’s Dispatch at (714) 647-7000.

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