Four men were charged Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard in June.

David Anthony Ortega, 44, Rene Jose Juarez Jr., 37, Max Maestas, 54, and Robert Allen Duncan, 43, all of whom live in Los Angeles, were arrested Wednesday, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. They are accused in the June 22 killing of 48-year-old Salvador Ramirez of Fountain Valley.

The four were charged with murder with a special-circumstance allegation of gang activity and face sentencing enhancements for a gang member’s vicarious discharge of a gun causing great bodily injury and gang activity.

The four did not enter a plea at their arraignment Friday in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. They were due to be arraigned Sept. 5 in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.

Sheriff’s de

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