SANTA ANA – A Santa Ana man was shot multiple times Friday morning, Jan. 12, by a neighbor with an assault rifle after a long-standing dispute, said police adding that the injuries do not appear life-threatening.

The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle with two children, said Cpl. Anthony Bertagna of the Santa Ana Police Department, dropping them off at school and then fleeing.

Officers meet at the back of a police cruiser during an investigation where a Santa Ana man was shot multiple times by a neighbor with an assault rifle near Thomas Edison Elementary School in Santa Ana on Friday morning, Jan 12, police said. The shooting was the culmination of a long-standing dispute, police said. Injuries do not appear life-threatening. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

An officer walks to the back of a duplex during an investigation where a Santa Ana man was shot multiple times by a neighbor with an assault rifle near Thomas Edison Elementary School in Santa Ana on Friday morning, Jan 12, police said. The shooting was the culmination of a long-standing dispute, police said. Injuries do not appear life-threatening. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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Crime-scene tape is stretched across a sidewalk during an investigation where a Santa Ana man was shot multiple times by a neighbor with an assault rifle near Thomas Edison Elementary School in Santa Ana on Friday morning, Jan 12, police said. Injuries do not appear life-threatening. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Officers meet in the driveway of a duplex during an investigation where a Santa Ana man was shot multiple times by a neighbor with an assault rifle near Thomas Edison Elementary School in Santa Ana on Friday morning, Jan 12, police said. The shooting was the culmination of a long-standing dispute, police said. Injuries do not appear life-threatening. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Officers wait near a cruiserduring an investigation where a Santa Ana man was shot multiple times by a neighbor with an assault rifle near Thomas Edison Elementary School in Santa Ana on Friday morning, Jan 12, police said. The shooting was the culmination of a long-standing dispute, police said. Injuries do not appear life-threatening. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)



Police identified the suspect as suspect Jose Luis Trujillo, 45, and said he was in a 2006 Black Scion and should be considered armed and dangerous.

The shooting happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the 2100 block of Orange Avenue, just north of Warner Avenue, Bertagna said.

Anyone with a tip on his whereabouts was asked to call police at 714-245-8506 or the Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.