Man Charged With Murder of Boy in Road-Rage Shooting

Man Charged With Murder of Boy in Road-Rage Shooting
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer holds up a photo of Aiden Leos during a news conference outside the CHP office in Santa Ana, Calif. on June 7, 2021. Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A man was charged Tuesday with murder in a Southern California road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy on a local freeway last month, stunning the region and attracting national attention.

Prosecutors in Orange County, California, charged Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, with murder in the death of Aiden Leos, shooting at an occupied vehicle and with sentencing enhancements. Eriz’s girlfriend, Wynne Lee, was charged with being an accessory after the fact and illegally carrying a concealed firearm.