The rampage began just as the morning commute was getting underway.
Over the course of about an hour, authorities say, a 20-year-old college student killed a woman at his Ladera Ranch home and embarked on a string of shootings that stretched through the heart of Orange County, targeting random people during their morning routines.
He carjacked a truck at a gas station, police said, then executed a businessman and stole his BMW. A few minutes later, he killed a plumber and took a work truck. He shot indiscriminately at morning commuters on the 55 Freeway, hitting at least three cars.
In the end, authorities say the gunman killed three people and wounded three others before fatally turning his gun on himself.
Authorities were stunned by what they described as the "senseless violence," which spanned about 25 miles of normally placid suburbia. The gunman, identified as Ali Syed, had no criminal record and left few clues as to any motive, police said.
"I just killed someone," he told one man during the rampage, according to police. "This is my last day."
Police discovered the first victim early Tuesday at a beige-and-white stucco condo in an upscale Ladera Ranch community. Syed, who was unemployed and enrolled in a class at Saddleback College, lived there with his parents.
Neighbor Jason Glass said he heard three to five loud bangs in the early morning. He heard doors slam, then a car sped away from the house.
"I just thought somebody was being really loud and obnoxious," Glass said.
Deputies arrived at the neighborhood of doctors and lawyers about 4:45 a.m., after Syed's parents called 911.
Authorities found the body of a woman in her 20s who'd been shot multiple times. She was not related to Syed, authorities said. As of Tuesday evening, it remained unclear who she was and why she was at his home.
Meanwhile, Syed had taken off in the family's black GMC Yukon, armed with at least one shotgun, authorities said. Possibly in his haste to flee, police said, he damaged the vehicle.
He exited Interstate 5 at Red Hill Avenue in Tustin about 5 a.m. and pulled into a Denny's parking lot. There, a man was sitting in an older-model blue Cadillac, waiting for his son. They'd planned to carpool to work.
Police said the gunman pointed his weapon at the man and yelled "Get out." Instead the man sped away and Syed fired, shattering the Cadillac's rear window and striking the man in the back of the head. The man kept going — he was later treated at a hospital — and the gunman dashed to a nearby Mobil station, authorities said, where he spotted a man pumping gas.
"When they made eye contact, Syed started running toward the victim," said Tustin Police Chief Scott Jordan. "He said to him, 'I don't want to hurt you. I just killed someone. Give me your keys. This is my last day.'"
The man obliged.
Syed took the man's Dodge pickup and headed north on Interstate 5, authorities said. After merging onto the southbound 55 Freeway, he stopped on the shoulder, got out of the truck and opened fire on the cars speeding by, hitting at least three. One driver was injured by flying glass.
Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said the gunman may have realized that the pickup was low on fuel and was trying to steal a second vehicle.
Damita Cunningham was driving on the 55 Freeway about 5:20 a.m. when traffic suddenly halted. She put her Honda Accord in reverse, thinking she could go around the accident, but a large vehicle backed into her and drove away.
Cunningham followed the vehicle, which pulled off the freeway. She walked over to the driver, whom she described as "sitting there with a blank stare." He told her a man had pointed a gun at his window. He had been trying to flee.
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