Gruesome new details were revealed Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a UPS driver in Irvine , in what authorities called a "targeted attack."Rhean Jalipa Fontanoza, 46, was charged with murder with a special circumstances allegation of shooting from a vehicle and murder by lying in wait. He was also facing a sentencing enhancement for shooting a gun causing death.
Just before 3 p.m., investigators said that Fontanoza tracked De Leon down on his route and drove past him in a new vehicle which De Leon wouldn’t recognize. De Leon left his truck to make a delivery, returned to his truck, and buckled his seatbelt. He still had his UPS scanner in his hand and his seatbelt buckled when Fontanoza drove next to De Leon’s delivery truck and allegedly shot him 14 times in 19 seconds.
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