Driver in OC road rage shooting that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos pleads guilty

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Wynne Lee Driver In Road Rage Shooting Death Of 6- News

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The driver in the shooting death of 6-year-old Aiden Leos on the 55 Freeway in Orange County pleaded guilty to related charges in court Friday morning.

Wynne Lee, 26, of Costa Mesa was the driver of the Volkswagen involved in a road rage incident in 2021 that killed Aiden.

Lee had been charged with one felony count of accessory after the fact and one misdemeanor count of having a concealed firearm in a vehicle. She pleaded guilty to two counts and was immediately sentenced to four years, but with custody credits and time she had already spent in home confinement, Lee had already served out her sentence. She was ordered to pay fines by May 24.Wynne Lee, 26, of Costa Mesa, pictured here in an Orange County courtroom on April 26, 2024.

The shooter and Lee's boyfriend, Marcus Anthony Eriz, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting and wasAiden was fatally shot on May 21, 2021, 10 days after his birthday. He was sitting in a booster seat and his mother, Joanna Cloonan, was driving him to kindergarten at the time of the shooting.

At about 8 a.m., she and her son were cut off by the Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen. Lee made a peace sign, which Cloonan took as sarcastic, and a few miles later as she was merging over to the 91 Freeway east, she passed the defendants and gave them a middle finger, Senior Deputy District Attorney Dan Feldman said during opening statements of Eriz's trial.

Lee then positioned their car behind Cloonan's, and Eriz fired a shot from a 9mm Glock that struck the Chevrolet, went into the passenger compartment and hit the boy.Copyright © 2024 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.

 

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