Source: Santa Barbara Police Department
On September 22, 2021, around 8pm, Santa Barbara Police Officers responded to Cottage Hospital Emergency Room for a report of a 16-year-old male victim who was brought to the hospital with a potential gunshot wound. During the initial investigation, Officers learned the incident occurred in the 1200 block of San Andres Street.
It was reported the victim and another juvenile were walking on the sidewalk when a vehicle stopped, and the occupants contacted the two juveniles. A verbal altercation occurred and one of the vehicle’s occupants fired a small caliber firearm, striking the victim in the abdomen.
Detectives have been actively investigating this case. The suspect is currently outstanding. This incident is believed to be an isolated incident.
The victim is being treated at Cottage Hospital. Due to this being an active investigation, no other information is available at this time.
The Santa Barbara Police Department is seeking any information from the community related to this incident. Anonymous reports can be made by contacting the Santa Barbara Police Department at 805-897-2355.
Unfortunately, knives are now out of fashion, and guns are now in vogue. We can expect to see more and more guns used when these filthy rats ply their trade.
Thanks, NRA…
Scary that it happened several days ago and is only just NOW being reported in the news.
NRA teaches responsible gun ownership. Nothing responsible about drive by shootings in the densely packed Westside. Plus it is never the weapon itself – you distract from the real issues- love of violence and necessity of increasing acts of violence to prove social acceptability.
The NRA used to teach hunting and firearm safety. Not any more. Now their primary goal seems to be aiding and abetting domestic right-wing terrorism. They started on this track decades ago.
no quotes from the verbal altercation?? if somebody says something so bad that guns get pulled, let’s at least know what it was!
How in the world does the NRA have anything to do with this? The punks doing this observe no laws and acquire guns illegally, including ‘ghost guns’ manufactured by gangs. All of CA’s complex laws are not stopping this.
Yep-Guns kill people like pencils misspell words and spoons make you fat
9:03 – Amazingly ignorant and uninformed comment…
We have reaped what we have sown. So “filthy rats” seems over the top to me.