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Orange County Homicides

By Garrett Therolfwriter 
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Silvano Arcos Vasquez, a 43-year-old Latino from Santa Ana, was shot and killed Monday, April 23, in an apparent mugging. Witnesses described a male shooter, but gave sparse information about the incident on South Halladay Street near Roosevelt Elementary School, police said. The shooting occurred about 3:30 p.m. after children had been released from school and left the area, police said.

Miguel Fernandez, a 19-year-old Latino from Santa Ana, who had been at Western Medical Center-Santa Ana since an April 15 shooting in the city, died Monday, April 23. Fernandez was shot in the upper torso after being approached by occupants of another car while driving north on Edinger Avenue in the 1200 block of South Main Street, Police Cmdr. Ruben Ibarra said. Police said they determined that Fernandez was not a gang member.

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--Garrett Therolf/LAT

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Garrett Therolf

Garrett Therolf previously covered Los Angeles County government with an emphasis on its child welfare system. While at The Times from 2006-16, he held assignments covering crime, the revolution in Egypt and the conflict in Iraq. He is a native Californian, and graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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