Several dead in Southern California shooting spree
The shootings started with an apparent carjacking just after 5 a.m. Tuesday
The Associated Press
TUSTIN, Calif. — A chaotic 25-minute shooting spree through Orange County early Tuesday left a trail of dead and injured victims before the shooter stopped and killed himself, police said.
There were at least six crime scenes, Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino told KNBC-TV.
The shootings started with an apparent carjacking just after 5 a.m. Tuesday in an unincorporated Ladera Ranch area of Orange County, said Tustin police Supervisor Dave Kanoti.
From 5:30 a.m. to 5:55 a.m., Tustin police received police reports of shootings in several locations, he said.
Officers found one dead person and one wounded at State Route 55 and McFadden Street, two shot and wounded at Interstate 5 and Red Hill Avenue, and one dead at Del Amo Boulevard and Edinger Avenue. The alleged shooter then drove to the intersection of Wanda Road and Katella Avenue and shot himself in the middle of the intersection, Kanoti said.
The conditions of the wounded victims were unknown.
It is possible more people were shot at because some people may have chased the shooter, Kanoti said.
A spokeswoman for the California Highway Patrol said they didn't have any active crime scenes on the freeway but the southbound 55 McFadden Avenue off-ramp would be closed until further notice.
Kanoti said authorities were trying to figure out if the spree started with the fatal carjacking but could not yet confirm that.
Tustin is about 35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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Dan Kenney Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:32:14 AM What are the chances that the carjacker was using a "Legal" gun? 
Bob Chapman Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:31:19 AM What are the chances the shooter wa a danger to society, and/or had mental problems and shouldn't have been out walking the streets? 
Justin M Perry Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:10:42 AM California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. I'm sure making them stricter would have prevented this.....and if you believe that ive got ocean front property in Kansas to sell you. 
