A UPS driver was fatally shot Thursday while in his van parked in an industrial area of Irvine, police said.
The Irvine Police Department said a man was shot near Chrysler and Bendix streets around 3 p.m. About 3 1/2 hours later, a suspect was arrested by a SWAT team, police said.
An assailant approached the UPS driver and shot his pickup truck several times, Sgt. » said Karie Davies. Neither the driver nor the shooter got out of their vehicle.
Police said there was no evidence of a robbery and it is possible the UPS driver was targeted.
“He literally pulled up next to the UPS truck, shot it and took off,” Davies said. “It looks like he was targeted, but we don’t know the relationship yet.”
Police said there was no evidence of a robbery and it is possible the UPS driver was targeted.
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Davies said authorities found the victim, whose name has not yet been released, slumped in the driver’s seat. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses told authorities they recognized the UPS driver and that he was following his usual route. Where he was parked was where he would stop and take his lunch break, they said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department found the suspect in a silver pickup truck in the area of Santiago Canyon and Jamboree roads.
Air video of the arrest on KABC-TV Channel 7 showed a SWAT team boxing into the truck. A K-9 dog was released in an attempt to remove the suspect, who was in the back seat, from the vehicle. The man was finally extricated by the police before being taken into police custody.
“They ultimately had to force him out of the vehicle with SWAT techniques,” Davies said.
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