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WESTMINSTER (CNS) - Westminster police asked for the public's help Tuesday in tracking down suspects in the fatal shooting of a Huntington Beach man on Sunday.
Police were dispatched at 4:10 a.m. Sunday to an apartment complex in the 15200 block of Magnolia Street on a report of shots fired, according to Commander Kevin MacCormick of the Westminster Police Department. When officers arrived they didn't see anything, so they cleared the call, MacCormick said.
About 20 minutes later, Fountain Valley police responded to a report of a gunshot victim in a white van at an Arco gas station at 10975 Edinger Ave., MacCormick said.
The victim was identified as 41-year-old Donald Joshua Ratzlaff of Huntington Beach, and the van's driver ran off before officers arrived, MacCormick said.
When Fountain Valley asked neighboring Westminster police if they had any calls of shots fired, investigators connected the dots and police learned an argument was heard prior to the gunshots ringing out in Westminster and a white van leaving the scene, MacCormick added.
Anyone with information relevant to investigators was asked to call detectives at 714-548-3759. Orange County Crime Stoppers will accept anonymous tips at 855-TIP-OCCS.