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On Aug. 30, 2019, 18-year-old [Victoria] Barrios was walking with two friends when she was shot during a drive-by shooting just after midnight on the 500 block of East Pine Street in Santa Ana.
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Barrios was found suffering a gunshot wound to her torso. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe the shooting was gang-related, although police said Barrios was not a gang member and was likely not the intended target.
“I lost my baby,” said Eva Barrios, the girl’s mother. “Someone left her there to die in the street like an animal.”
Police released surveillance footage that captured the shooter firing a weapon while hanging out of a moving SUV, described as a red Chevrolet, possibly a Tahoe. The gunman shouted something just before opening fire, leading police to believe the shooting had gang ties.
