Man Charged In Suspected Thanksgiving Day Road Rage Shooting In OC

COSTA MESA, CA — A 41-year-old man was charged Tuesday with fatally shooting one man and wounding four other people in a suspected road-rage incident on Thanksgiving Day in Costa Mesa.

Lee Quevon Walker was charged by authorities with one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder. Walker also faces sentencing enhancements for discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury, as well as the personal use of a firearm.

He is accused of killing 30-year-old Lucas Rivera-Velasco of Costa Mesa on Thursday.

Costa Mesa police officers responded at around 6:45 p.m. Thursday to the 400 block of West Bay Street, where they found five people wounded, according to a previous Patch report.

Walker fled the area in a black Chevrolet truck at the time of the incident and turned himself in early Friday, police said.

A minor traffic accident preceded the shooting and the suspect followed the other car involved, according to a Costa Mesa Police Department news release.

Walker has a previous conviction for assault with a deadly weapon and car theft, both felonies, with a sentencing enhancement for inflicting great bodily harm. He also pleaded guilty in March 2006 of misdemeanor counts of hit and run with property damage. The sentences he served for both crimes are not currently known.

Walker did not enter a plea at his arraignment Tuesday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana. His arraignment was rescheduled for Dec. 14 in the West Justice Center in Westminster.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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