” Well be and we are as we speak carrying out search warrants to get additional proof that were going to and desire to gather,” Spitzer informed reporters Sunday night. “And were putting this case together. I feel really, very excellent about the case.”.
Per sources close to the case, both suspects are being held at the Orange County Jail on $1 million bond each. Far theres been no word on whether anyone will get that.

COSTA MESA (CBSLA)– A couple in their 20s were detained outside their house in Costa Mesa Sunday night in connection to the 55 Freeway roadway rage shooting that took the life of 6-year-old Aiden Leos on May 21.
A makeshift memorial on the Walnut Avenue overpass of the 55 Freeway in Orange on May 27, 2021 for Aiden Leos. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images).
Sources tell CBSLA that 24-year-old Marcus Anthony Eriz and 23-year-old Wynne Lee are partner and girlfriend. Eriz is presumed of being the shooter, while Lee is thought to have actually been the driver.
CBSLA discovered that California Highway Patrol detectives had actually been enjoying the couple and followed them from a dining establishment prior to arresting them outside their Costa Mesa house.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer told CBSLA that murder charges might be on the table, but that a decision on the exact charges will be available in the next 48 hours, after prosecutors have actually been fully informed on proof gathered by CHP private investigators.
Police authorities also reported that they understand where the suspects vehicle lies, along with the weapon used in the shooting and that they are working to secure the firearm.
Household members and pallbearers stroll with the coffin of Aiden Leos as they leave the Calvary Chapel Yorba Linda following a funeral on June 5, 2021, in Yorba Linda. (Mark Rightmire/Orange County Register/Getty Images).
” Well be and we are as we speak performing search warrants to get additional proof that were going to and wish to collect,” Spitzer told press reporters Sunday night. “And were putting this case together. I feel extremely, excellent about the case.”.
Leos was laid to rest Saturday following a funeral service at a Yorba Linda church.
On the early morning of May 21, Leos remained in a booster seat in the back of his moms Chevrolet Sonic, on his method to kindergarten in Yorba Linda, when the shooting incident took place on the northbound 55 Freeway in the city of Orange.
Joanna Cloonan, Aidens mother was associated with a roadway rage occurrence with the residents of a white Volkswagen station wagon over a perceived unsafe lane change, according to CHP. Detectives think a woman was driving and a guy, who remained in the front passenger seat, dedicated the shooting itself.
Per sources near to the case, both suspects are being held at the Orange County Jail on $1 million bond each. The benefit for info leading to the arrest of the suspects has actually gone beyond $500,000. Far theres been no word on whether anybody will get that.
CHP officials stated they prepare to hold an interview on Monday.
Cheryl Gish, an O.C. resident, heard news of the arrest and featured her other half to the memorial site for Aiden on the Walnut Avenue overpass above the 55 Freeway.
” Im happy that they have someone in custody,” Gish informed CBSLA Sunday. “It doesnt bring the little boy back, little Aidens gone, however Im so thankful some justice will be served.”.
” Every time I pass the freeway, I wish to cry,” included Jessie Palomo, who brought her kids, who are near the very same age as Aiden, to the memorial. They lit candle lights and paid their respects.
” This is now a location that everyone knows about, regretfully, in an unfortunate, tragic way,” Palomo said. “But as a neighborhood, weve always got to stand together.”.