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Who Is Marcus Eriz, man found guilty in road rage shooting of 6-year-old Aiden Leos

26-year-old Marcus Anthony Eriz was found guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday in a road rage shooting that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos. Eriz faces up to 40 years to life in prison.

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Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, arrested for 55 Freeway shooting death of 6-year-oldAiden Leos. (source OC District Attorney)

Eriz was arrested and charged in connection to the 55 Freeway road rage shooting that took the life of Leos, who was sitting in a booster seat while his mother, Joanna Cloonan, was driving him to kindergarten in Yorba Linda on May 21, 2021.

Eriz's girlfriend, Wynne Lee, was charged with one felony count of being an accessory after the fact and a misdemeanor count of having a concealed firearm in a vehicle. She is currently awaiting trial and faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison, plus one year in jail.

Cloonan testified that Lee, who was driving a Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen, opened fire on her car after cutting her off in traffic.

She said that after exiting the diamond lane, Lee "made a gesture," referring to her middle finger, after which she heard a loud noise and saw Leos slumped In his seat.

The couple was arrested outside their Costa Mesa apartment after a weeks long national manhunt.

Community members increase reward for killer of 6-year-old boy shot on 55 Freeway
Orange, CA - May 27: Six-year-old Victor Flores, of Orange, walks alone clutching a Pokémon card for comfort, ahead of his family, where his dad said he was sad because he is the same age as 6-year-old shooting victim Adrian Leos, where they prayed and left flowers at a growing makeshift memorial on the Walnut Ave. overpass of the 55 Freeway in Orange May 27, 2021. The memorial featured balloons, toys, cards, messages of love and candles to remember a 6-year-old boy who was shot and killed Friday during an apparent road rage incident on the 55 Freeway. New banners have been placed on the overpass as officials and community continue to increase the reward for arrest of the killer and accomplice. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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