Angry mob targets wrong house after accused serial cat killer released from jail as vigil turns violent

A vigil to honor felines slain by an accused serial cat killer in Santa Ana, California, took a violent turn when attendees decided they would track the suspect down themselves… but got the wrong house.The vigil came one week after Santa Ana Police arrested a man who they said murdered dozens of cats in a neighborhood in the city. Residents claimed that the suspected cat killer used a needle to inject a substance into one of the cats, and another resident told FOX 11 Los Angeles that they found their cat hanging from a tree.The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, allegedly confessed to carrying out the heinous crimes to police.He bonded out and was released from jail Thursday, police confirmed. During Sunday night’s vigil for the cats, a mob surrounded both sides of a house across the street from Acosta’s home that the crowd believed belonged to his brother.The outlet reported that the mob demanded that he come out, and began to break windows and even pepper-sprayed the man who lived in the home as children were seen watching the whole ordeal unfold from inside.The victim, who did not want to be identified, told FOX 11 that he is not Acosta’s brother, but that the alleged cat killer is related to his brother-in-law.The victim then claimed he had not seen or heard from Acosta since his arrest. It took more than an hour for Santa Ana police to arrive on the scene, FOX 11 reported. Fox News Digital reached out to the Santa Ana Police Department for comment, but did not hear back. FOX 11 reported that the crowd continued to chant outside the wrong home and accused the residents of collaborating with the cat murderer, despite police declaring it an unlawful assembly. “Last night, during a vigil related to this case, several individuals became unruly, vandalized property, and threw objects in a neighborhood.While we support the community’s right to peacefully assemble, the Santa Ana Police Department will not tolerate ...