A young woman suffered gunshot wounds in an armed robbery late last night near the Santa Ynez apartments. After a five-hour investigation by officers into the morning, the suspect is still at large.
Police cars line El Colegio road, where the shooting took place last night. Photo courtesy Maddie Cupples
Witnesses near the scene said they heard four gunshots from the area around 10:30 p.m. A woman was found on the ground with a gunshot wound shortly after, according to a post on X from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. She was transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital by ground ambulance with “non life-threatening” injuries, according to UCSB Media spokesperson Kiki Reyes. Another adult male was a victim of a robbery but did not sustain injuries, Reyes told the Nexus.
At 11:22 p.m., the University of California Police Department (UCPD) issued a shelter-in-place order regarding an armed robbery on the 6500 block of Cervantes Road and a second armed robbery and shooting at the bike tunnel at the corner of Los Carneros Road and El Colegio Road.
The suspect is described in the alert as “either a Hispanic male adult or white male adult wearing all black clothing, black gloves, and black boots.” He was armed with a handgun.
The first timely alert was issued at 10:58 p.m. Police identified a firearm at the west side of the tunnel at 11:07 p.m., according to police scanner correspondence. According to the 11:22 p.m. shelter-in-place alert, they said the suspect was last seen traveling on foot west toward the Santa Ynez Apartments.
According to the scanner, officers deployed a K-9 unit around 11 p.m., but lost track of the perpetrator an hour later. A helicopter surveyed the Santa Ynez area from midnight to 1 a.m.
A local tip reported on the scanner said the perpetrator got into a 2016 GMC white pickup truck near the 6500 block of Madrid Road. Other tips accounted for the suspect getting into a Honda Civic and a Nissan.
At 12:13 a.m., two people were detained in handcuffs on Camino Pescadero, according to the scanner. UCPD did not confirm whether these people are currently in police custody or have been released.
The scanner said that an officer needed medical aid for serious injuries on El Colegio Road two minutes later. UCPD did not confirm if the injury was related to the shooter or the condition of the officer.
UCPD issued five more warnings throughout the night advising people to shelter in place and avoid Santa Ynez Apartments, Santa Catalina Residence Hall and San Joaquin Villages on El Colegio Road.
Officers patrolled the Santa Ynez area, Picasso Road, El Greco Road, Children’s Park and nearby streets in Isla Vista. The shelter-in-place was lifted at 3:07 a.m. by UCPD, who warned that the suspect is not in custody and ongoing law enforcement activity will continue at the scene.
UCPD and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office are currently investigating these crimes and will increase patrols in Isla Vista and on campus.
“UCPD and SBSO conducted an extensive search in the area, but the suspect was not located. Law enforcement officials do not believe the suspect to still be in the area, but UCPD has increased its uniformed patrol in the area as a safety precaution,” Reyes said in a statement to the Nexus.
Any information regarding the incident can be reported to UCPD’s tip line at 805-893-3446.
This article was updated March 20 at 4:44 p.m. to reflect that the victim of the shooting sustained non-life threatening injuries, another victim of a robbery did not sustain injuries and information that law enforcement does not believe the suspect is still in the area.
The Nexus will continue to report on this topic as more information becomes available.
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