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SANTA ANA – Police and the District Attorney’s Office are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left one person dead Sunday afternoon.

Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said the shooting was reported around 5 p.m. at 400 South Birch St. A male suspect was reported to have died.

Bertagna said detectives from the Police Department’s gang detail either made a car stop in an alley or encountered a car in an alley with two occupants. The passenger from the car fled on foot through the neighborhood – resulting in a foot pursuit – and “something occurred that led to an officer-involved shooting,” Bertagna said.

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office was collecting information, together with homicide and internal affairs investigators.

“They are processing the scene and looking for witnesses,” Bertagna said. Anyone with information can call 714-245-8390.

Contact the writer: fswegles@scng.com or 949-492-5127