Hemera/Thinkstock (TUSTIN, Calif.)--unemployed unemployment morning shooting 20-year-old went on a rampage early in Orange County, Calif., on Tuesday, killing three people and terrorizing several other motorists who shot and carjacked before taking his life, police said.
After dozens of 911 calls and receive only or they were preparing to confront him, the police suspect seen Ali Syed jump since the last vehicle stolen that morning and almost instantly shoot himself in the head with a shotgun, zone said.
Syed, a part-time student at Saddleback College, began his killing spree just hours before 5:0 am PT, in the Ladera Ranch his parents home, where he shot in the unknown woman in her 20s, according to Scott Jordan Tustin Police Chief, who briefed journalists Tuesday afternoon.
Police have not yet identified the woman or determined its report by Syed.
His parents heard the shotgun blast and called the police, while Syed fled with a rifle in their black SUV, Jordan said.
Syed led a Denny parking in nearby Tustin, California, where he confronts a driver waiting for his son the car-pool and shot the motorist through the back window of his vehicle, the Chief said. The unidentified man was injured and remains in hospital.
The suspect then stole the car of a bystander Denny lot from and fled, according to Jordan.
Syed is believed to have driven that car only briefly before pulling into a Mobil gas station and tackle another motorist.
Syed "I won't hurt you," said driver gassing his car, according to police. "I killed someone. Today is my last day. Give me the keys. "
The driver handed the keys to a BMW and Syed sped away.
From there, he pulled the car and started shooting randomly at drivers heading south on California route 55, Jordan said.
He struck three cars, seriously wounding a pilot who was struck by a bullet or a grenade in his hand and face. That driver, who don't have a mobile phone, was able to drive the same home and call the police, Jordan said.
Syed then faced another pilot, who stopped at a stop sign
"Approached the victim at gunpoint he walked along the road and shot him, he ran three times," said the Chief.
That victim has not been identified.
Syed then pulled into parking lot shop Micro computer Center in Tustin, where he allegedly faced his final victim, later identified as 26-year-old Jeremy Lewis.
Syed killed the man and stole his truck, according to police.
Since then, "they were coming many calls and [California Highway patrol officers] got behind the stolen vehicle ... always in position to make a felony car stop," said Jordan.
Before cops had the opportunity to confront him in the city of Orange, California, Syed "released on the vehicle while it was still moving ... "[and] almost immediately came out of the vehicle, took the gun, put it to his head and killed himself," said the Chief.
Police said they do not know reasons for Syed. They said they acted alone and what is not part of a larger conspiracy.
