Marcus Eriz, 20, has been arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder in the shooting death of his cousin, 6-year-old Aiden Leos. Eriz and his friend, Wynne Lee, 18, are accused of shooting six bullets at Leos and his older brother, Alex, on the afternoon of February 11. Aiden died of injuries at San Diego Medi-Center.
Aiden Lee, 6, was riding in a car with his mother, Wynne Lee, and his grandmother, Wynne’s mother, Wynne Lee in their vehicle, on the 55 Freeway near the 710 freeway when several people approached and opened fire on them.
COSTA MESA (CBSLA) – A couple in their 20s were arrested Sunday night outside their home in Costa Mesa in connection with a homicide on the 55 Freeway on 21st. The month of May took the life of 6-year-old Aiden Leos. 
Improvised memorial on the Walnut Avenue overpass on Interstate 55 in Orange on the 27th. May 2021 in memory of Aiden Leos. (Allen J. Cockroaches/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images) Sources told CBSLA that Marcus Anthony Erise, 24, and Winn Lee, 23, are boyfriend and girlfriend. Eriez is suspected of being the shooter and Lee is suspected of being the driver. CBSLA has learned that investigators from the California Highway Patrol watched the couple and followed them out of a restaurant before arresting them outside their home in Costa Mesa. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer told CBSLA that a murder charge could be filed, but a decision on specific charges will be made in the next 48 hours after prosecutors are notified of the evidence gathered by CHP investigators. Police also say they know where the suspects’ vehicle and the firearm used in the shooting are located and are working to secure the firearm. 
Family members and altar boys walk with the casket of Aiden Leos into the Calvary Chapel in Yorba Linda after the funeral service on the 5th. Departing June 2021 for Yorba Linda. (Mark Rightmire/Orange County Register/Getty Images) We will and are in the process of executing search warrants for additional evidence that we will and want to collect, Spitzer told reporters Sunday night. And we are in the process of building that business. I have a very good feeling about this case. Leos was buried Saturday after a funeral service at the Yorba Linda Church. The morning of the 21st. In May, Leo was in the child seat of his mother’s Chevrolet Sonic on his way to Yorba Linda’s daycare when a shooting occurred on Interstate 55 in Orange. Joanna Cloonan, Aiden’s mother, was involved in a traffic incident with the drivers of a white Volkswagen station wagon for an unsafe lane change, according to the CHP. Investigators believe a woman was behind the wheel and the man in the passenger seat fired the shot himself. According to sources close to the case, both suspects are in the Orange County jail on bail set at $1 million each. The reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects is more than $500,000. It is not yet known if anyone will get this opportunity. CHP officials said they planned to hold a press conference on Monday. Cheryl Gish, an O.C. resident, heard the news of the arrest and came with her husband to Aiden’s memorial at the Walnut Avenue Bridge over Interstate 55. I’m thankful they stopped someone, Gish said Sunday in an interview with CBSLA. It won’t bring the little boy back, little Aiden is gone, but I am so grateful that justice has been done. Every time I drive down the highway, I have to cry, said Jessie Palomo, who had brought her children, classmates of Aiden’s, to the memorial service. They lit candles and paid their respects. Now it’s a place everyone knows, unfortunately in a sad and tragic way, Palomo said. But as a community, we must always stick together.
