Overview
- Police said Sandra Fernandez was shot and killed near Yorba Street and Medford Avenue in Tustin, and they identified her former boyfriend as the suspect.
- Investigators said the suspect fled to Mexico through the San Ysidro Port of Entry and was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection when he tried to return.
- Tustin detectives took custody of the suspect and booked him into Orange County Jail on suspicion of murder, and he is being held without bail.
- Police said the suspect waited near Fernandez’s workplace at the health nonprofit Families Together before the shooting.
- CBP detained the suspect on a warrant at the border, which allowed federal officers to hold him for pickup by local police.