Saead Ettefagh Obituary, Death; – The man who shot two people at a Yorba Linda park before turning the gun on himself died at a hospital two days later, authorities said this week.
The suspect has been identified as 52-year-old Saead Ettefagh of Wildomar. Interviews and GoFundMe pages to help the men who were shot, meanwhile, portray their ordeals following the attack.
On Sunday afternoon, May 4, Ettefagh was involved in an altercation with someone at Featherly Regional Park and Canyon RV Park before he returned and tried to hit the person with a pickup, Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Gerard McCann said.
The suspect also fired several shots, striking two people, before turning the gun on himself. Another person was struck by Ettefagh’s vehicle and had minor injuries. The person was treated on scene.
McCann said Ettefagh and the two shooting victims were acquaintances. A motive for the shooting has not been given.
Leon Zoltzman, 42, was one of the men struck by gunfire. He said he had only met Ettefagh a handful of times. He’s been in the hospital since the shooting and does not know when he’ll be discharged.
In a brief phone call on Friday, Zoltzman said he stood up for the first time since the shooting on Wednesday and was able to walk 50 feet on Thursday.
He said he has to take pain medication 30 minutes before his physical therapy sessions so he can withstand the pain, and, he added, to “impress” the practitioners.
GoFundMe campaigns were created to support the recoveries of Zoltzman and Jamie Benn, the other shooting victim. Benn’s condition was not immediately available on Friday.
Ettefagh, after shooting himself, was transported to a hospital and placed in an intensive care unit, in custody of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
The cause of his death was not provided.
The Orange County District Attorney’s office will be investigating the case as an in-custody death.
