Irvine police have identified the UPS driver found shot dead in his truck and the man suspected of killing him.
Irvine police released new details Friday on the killing of a UPS driver found shot inside his delivery truck a day earlier, describing the suspected shooter and the victim as 'acquaintances.' Expedito Cuesta De Leon, 50, was slumped over in the driver's seat of the truck when officers responded to an area near Fleming and Chrysler around 3 p.m. Thursday after receiving multiple reports of gunshots fired, according to the Irvine Police Department.
Police described the two men — both residents of Aliso Viejo — as acquaintances but said a motive remains unclear.Just hours after the shooting, police said the fatal shooting did not appear to be a robbery and the victim may have been targeted.According to police, surveillance footage captured a silver Honda Ridgeline pick-up truck pull up alongside the UPS truck and then drive off on Goodyear and travel toward Jeronimo.
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