He spent 33 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now he's free

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A California man who spent 33 years in prison for attempted murder has been declared innocent and freed, the Los Angeles County district attorney announced Thursday.

Daniel Saldana, 55, was convicted in 1990 of opening fire on a car carrying six teenagers who were leaving a high school football game in Baldwin Park, east of Los Angeles, in October 1989. Two students were wounded but survived the shooting.

Saldana was 22 at the time of the shooting and worked full-time as a construction worker. He was one of three men charged with the attack. Saldana was convicted of six counts of attempted murder and one

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