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David McNabb mugshot from 2014 (Source: Ventura County Sheriff’s Office)
Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
Additional Details Released on Triple Homicide Case
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office continues to actively investigate the triple homicide and fatal officer involved shooting that occurred on December 28, 2018. While many details still cannot be released due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office is releasing some further information.
The investigation into the fatal officer involved shooting has revealed that two deputies fired a total of six less-lethal munitions at the suspect, including two foam baton rounds and four shotgun beanbag rounds. After deployment of the less-lethal munitions, the suspect moved and the rifle was pointed in the direction of the deputies, who perceived a lethal threat. Four deputies then fired a total of 23 .223 rifle rounds at the suspect. The firearm that McNabb was in possession of when he was confronted by deputies, a Browning .243 caliber lever-action rifle, was subsequently found to be unloaded. It appears to have belonged to the suspect’s late father.
An autopsy of suspect David McNabb was conducted yesterday, January 3, 2018. It was determined that McNabb died as a result of multiple gunshots wounds. The examination revealed that McNabb was struck at least twice by less-lethal rounds and that he sustained five gunshot wounds. The final autopsy report is pending toxicology results.
One additional autopsy was conducted today and two more are scheduled next week to determine the cause and manner of death of the three homicide victims: Nicole McNabb, Melanie McNabb and Carlos Echavarria. Preliminary indications are that the victims did not suffer any gunshot injuries, but died as a result of being stabbed and/or severely beaten.
A motive for the murders remains under investigation.
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December 28, 2018 – Triple Homicide Investigation in Orcutt
Guy just killed 3 people, points gun, gets killed–what’s to investigate?
So he died from the 5 wounds plus the 18 that didn’t hit him.
Guy got McNabbed….
He pointed a gun at the police after killing 3 people What would you do..?
I have asked Edhat to correct its muddled, misreported headline. The perp sustained five bullet wounds. Five of the 23 bullets shot by five deputies found their mark.
The main thing is that the murder suspect is dead. And, the headline does indicate that. I can read the article to learn how many projectiles hit their mark. Actually he may have ultimately died from just one of the bullets that hit him, depending on what the bullet(s) hit internally. It is also somewhat unfortunate that his rifle wasn’t loaded. It may make it mentally harder on the officers that shot him. Even though he did apparently kill others, and destroyed his own life at the same time.
We get that, Potif, no criticism of you.
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But I too, when I read the headline, expected a multitude of bullets in the murderer. Maybe 20 or more. I agree that the hed is very misleading.
Not very good shooting especially from rifles for being trained.
lets do some math, each officer ( 4 ) shot ~5-6 times. to equal ~23 shots fired.
next time you are in a stand off with an armed individual. lets us know how many times you squeeze the trigger. guarantee you would empty the clip
I did the math. 23 bullets went through 5 holes. GREAT SHOOTING.
LOL — In order to make eveyone happier, perhaps the headline should just say, ‘suspect dies after shoot out with police officers’. And, then people can read the article to learn the details?
Thank You Shorebird…:)