Newsom Announces $50,000 Rewards in 4 Unsolved Southern California Killings

Published on April 2, 2024

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced four $50,000 rewards for information to solve four homicides in Southern California – two in Orange County and two in San Diego. When they have exhausted all other leads, California law enforcement may ask the governor to issue rewards in certain unsolved cases to encourage those with information to speak out. In Santa Ana, authorities are offering the reward to anyone with information leading to a conviction in the killing of Victoria Barrios, 18, who was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on Aug. 30, 2019. Surveillance video shows someone firing a gun from the rear passenger side of a red SUV, according to reports from the OC Register in September 2019....

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