UPS Driver Killed in Irvine Was Shot 14 Times

SANTA ANA, Calif.—New details emerged May 21 from prosecutors, who said a United Parcel Service driver fatally shot in Irvine last week was gunned down by a co-worker and childhood friend. Rhean Jalipa Fontanoza, 46, was charged Monday with murder with a special circumstances allegation of a drive-by shooting and murder by lying in wait. He was also facing a sentencing enhancement for shooting a gun causing death. Mr. Fontanoza is accused of killing 50-year-old Expedito Cuesta De Leon, also of Aliso Viejo. The shooting occurred at about 3 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Chrysler and Fleming. Mr. Fontanoza allegedly stopped a UPS driver at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday asking if that route was the one assigned to Mr. De Leon, and when he was told the victim had another route, the defendant went to the company’s Aliso Viejo station, where he is accused of using a computer there to show driver’s routes, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office....