24-year-old woman fatally shot while driving through Orange

A 24-year-old woman was fatally shot while she was driving through Orange on Tuesday morning, according to police. 

She was driving a Honda SUV southbound on Highland Street near Del Mar Avenue at around 12:30 a.m. when "an unknown male suspect shot multiple rounds into the car," according to a press release from the Orange Police Department. 

She was struck by gunfire and declared dead at the scene. She was identified as Costa Mesa resident Amber Parsons by the Orange County Coroner. 

Police say that her passenger, another woman in her 20s, was unharmed in the shooting. 

Investigators believe that Parsons and the passenger were turning around in a cul-de-sac when the shooting happened. 

The suspect ran from the area on foot. On Friday, police announced that they had made an arrest in connection with the fatal shooting. 

Orange resident Allan Plata, 21, arrested in La Habra at about 5:20 p.m. in La Habra, according to OPD. 

Plata was booked for murder, attempted murder and a probation violation, police said.

Anyone who knows more is asked to contact police at (714) 744-7571.