A 35-year-old man has been charged with shooting a man in a leg in what police believe was a gang-related attack in Anaheim, police said Monday.
Ricardo Alejandro Garcia was charged Friday with attempted murder and assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and two counts of possession of a gun by a felon, all felonies. Garcia also faces sentencing enhancements for discharge of a gun causing great bodily injury, inflicting great bodily injury, gang activity, and personal use of a gun.
Garcia is accused of shooting a 31-year-old man in a leg about 11 a.m. Dec. 20 near Hastert Street and Orangewood Avenue, Anaheim police Sgt. Matt Sutter said.
Both men are affiliated with the same gang, Sutter said. Garcia was arrested Dec. 29 with a gun in his possession, Sutter added.
Garcia did not enter a plea at his arraignment Monday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana. He is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 26 in the North Justice Center in Fullerton.
Garcia has a lengthy criminal history, according to court records.
Garcia pleaded guilty to a felony count of burglary and misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia July 2, 2020, and was sentenced to two years in prison. He pleaded guilty Aug. 9, 2024, to a felony count of being a prohibited person owning ammunition and misdemeanor counts of identity theft, possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest and was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
Garcia also pleaded guilty Dec. 8, 2023, and was sentenced to two years in prison for possessing a gun as a felon, obliterating firearm identification and possession of a short-barreled shotgun, all felonies.
Garcia also has convictions for assault with a deadly weapon in 2012 in Riverside County and aggravated battery in Lassen County in 2016.