Authorities have taken three suspects into custody — including one who fled to Southeast Asia — in connection with a gang-related shooting that killed a 15-year-old boy last year. One suspect has yet to be identified, while another is believed to have escaped to the Middle East.
According to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the shooting occurred in July 2025 and involved five co-conspirators. Four have been identified:
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Quoc-Bao Viet Le, 21
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Troy Quang Lu, 21
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Danny Huynh, 24
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Ali Ibrahim Alsouqi, 20
Prosecutors say Le, Lu, Huynh, Alsouqi, and a fifth unidentified suspect met at Alsouqi’s Garden Grove home on July 5 to plan a shooting aimed at rival gang members.
The group allegedly entered Lu’s black Mercedes-Benz — which authorities say had an obscured license plate — and drove to Stanton to carry out the plan. Around 2 p.m., they confronted 15-year-old Samuel Vidal and his 13-year-old friend in the 11000 block of Court Street, according to the DA’s office.
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“Vidal and his 13-year-old friend were confronted by a group of masked men… including a man later identified as Huynh, who got out of the car and began shooting at the teenage boys,” the District Attorney’s Office said Monday. “The passenger in the front seat, later identified as Le, is accused of shooting out of the vehicle.”
The 11000 block of Court Street in Stanton, where a 15-year-old boy was killed in a gang-related shooting on July 5, 2025, authorities say. (Google Maps)
Vidal, who lived in San Bernardino, was struck five times in the heart, lung, liver, and pancreas. He died at the scene. His 13-year-old friend was shot in the chest, initially listed in critical condition, and later survived.
Lu was arrested just hours after the shooting, and investigators soon identified additional suspects, including Huynh, who was also taken into custody shortly afterward.
Le, however, was found to have fled the country.
According to a criminal complaint first reported by Seamus Hughes’ Court Watch, Le had already traveled to Vietnam via Hong Kong by the time charges were filed two weeks later. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that international partners determined Le arrived in Vietnam four days after the shooting.
Quoc-Bao Le as seen in a photo released by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Vietnamese authorities arrested Le on Jan. 14 at the request of the FBI. He was flown back to the United States last week and booked into the Orange County Jail, prosecutors said.
The 21-year-old faces the following charges:
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Murder with premeditation and deliberation (felony)
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Attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation (felony)
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Conspiracy to commit murder (felony)
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Shooting into an inhabited dwelling (felony)
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Felony enhancement for personal use of a firearm
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Two felony enhancements each for discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury or death and knowing another principal was armed with a firearm
Huynh was charged with the same offenses and enhancements, along with an additional charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lu faces the same core charges but without enhancements.
Ali Ibrahim Alsouqi as seen in a photo released by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
If convicted on all counts, Le and Huynh each face a maximum sentence of 50 years to life in prison. Lu could receive up to 25 years to life.
Alsouqi remains at large, and authorities believe he has fled to Jordan. He is charged with felony murder and felony conspiracy to commit murder. If apprehended, tried, and convicted, he would face up to 25 years to life in prison.
A fifth co-conspirator has not yet been identified.
“Fleeing the country after allegedly committing murder will not protect you from U.S. law enforcement,” said Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “The FBI has offices throughout the world and liaisons with our international partners to pursue fugitives wherever they may hide.”
“We will go to the absolute ends of the earth in the pursuit of justice,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. “This cold-blooded murder of a young man was planned, it was executed, and they tried as best they could to cover their tracks just as they covered their faces and the license plate of their getaway car.”
“I am incredibly grateful for the unrelenting dedication of my investigators and prosecutors, along with our partners at the Sheriff’s Department, the FBI, and our international counterparts, for helping bring this murderer back to Orange County to face the full consequences of the law,” he added. “We will not rest until the last person responsible is back on U.S. soil.”