ANAHEIM (KTLA) -- He helped He then called 911, alerting police catch a suspected dispatchers as he followed serial killer targeting the Ocampo through a mobile home homeless in Orange County, park. but he doesn't consider "I chased him through the himself a hero. mobile home park and through "There was no look. It was a gate where he disappeared just like you were looking behind a brick wall. I was into a body without a soul." scared to go any further That's how the young man who because I didn't know if he helped chase down 23-year old was waiting there." Itzcoatl Ocampo describes the By that point, he says, he suspected serial killer. heard sirens approaching and KTLA spoke exclusively with saw police arrive. the man, an Anaheim resident, "I think we all should be who has chosen to remain thankful to the citizens last anonymous. night who chased this suspect, But he did share what he saw " Anaheim Police Chief John and what he did on Friday Welter said of the young night, when 64-year-old mans heroism. transient John Barry was "I'm just glad that they stabbed to death outside a caught him, that's all that Carl's Jr. matters," the man said. "If I "I was in CVS, I was next in saved one, two, three lives, line when a gentleman came in that makes it worth it." and said, 'The serial killer While he chased the suspect is out there, I need help,'" and ultimately helped lead he said. police to his arrest, he That's when he dropped wishes he could have done a everything and ran outside. lot more. "He stabbed him at least 7 "Feeling like a hero, I times, that I saw, but he was didn't save the present life, stabbing him before I even so it's hard for me to feel got there," he said. like a hero when I didn't "I kept yelling, 'Hey stop! save him," he said, referring Hey stop!' He wouldn't stop." to Barry's death. That's when Ocampo looked up. Ocampo is expected to appear The man says Ocampo looked in court on Tuesday. him in the face and then took Authorities plan to ask the off running. DA to charge him with four "I just stayed with him, I counts of murder. If don't know why," the man says convicted, he could face the of his heroic actions. death penalty.
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