Four juveniles and one adult were arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting of a man on Santa Barbara’s Westside in June.
Santa Barbara Police Department Cmdr. Ben Ahrens said the five were taken into custody in a coordinated effort between the Santa Barbara and Lompoc police departments, and Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office investigators.
Both search and arrest warrants were served, he said.
In Santa Barbara, warrants were served at around 6 a.m. at locations on the 200 block of South Salinas Street, the 400 block of North Voluntario Street and the 1000 block East Haley Street, according to a police alert sent out to the public.
Information about where the warrants were served in Goleta and Lompoc was not immediately available.
Ahrens said detectives located two firearms during the arrests as well as ammunition and “other evidence.”
Because all five were juveniles at the time of the alleged crimes, their names were not released.
All were booked into Santa Maria Juvenile Hall.
The adult was booked on suspicion of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, conspiracy, and aiding and abetting.
One juvenile was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, conspiracy and assault with a semi-automatic firearm, while another was booked on suspicion of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, conspiracy, assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a juvenile, possession of ammunition by a juvenile, and carrying a concealed weapon.
The remaining two were each booked on suspicion of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, conspiracy and assault with a deadly weapon.
Emergency crews responded to Bohnett Park at around 4:20 p.m. on June 17 for a report of a shooting.
A short time later, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital reported that a man with a gunshot wound had shown up at the emergency room, police said in June.
Police did detain several people in a vehicle they thought “was possibly involved in the shooting” that same day, Lt. Ethan Ragsdale previously said.
The victim was treated for his injuries and was released, Ahrens said on Tuesday.
“What followed was an extensive, multifaceted investigation spanning five months,” he said.
He added that detectives identified the four suspects and “determined the shooting was gang-related.”
It was the second shooting at Bohnett Park this year.
Luis Gerardo Terrazas, 29, of Santa Barbara was fatally shot in February at the park. Three people have been arrested and charged in connection with that killing.
