Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives are trying to find suspects in an alleged tried homicide at Haskell’s Seashore throughout a bonfire on July 28. Two juvenile victims stated they had been assaulted by 10-20 folks that Friday evening, Lieutenant Jarrett Morris said, and one sufferer was taken to UCLA Youngsters’s Hospital.
The primary indication of the incident was a report back to the Sheriff’s Workplace from Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital round 10 p.m. that a teen had been knocked unconscious and had a potential mind bleed. A second sufferer had minor accidents. Each stated they weren’t positive who had assaulted them on the seaside bonfire however that as many as 20 folks had been concerned.
Haskell’s is on the far western finish of Goleta, adjoining to the Bacara resort, now owned by the Ritz-Carlton. The seaside is a well-liked spot for night bonfires, that are authorized within the County of Santa Barbara so long as they’re small and beneath the high-tide line.
Detectives with the Sheriff’s legal investigation group are treating the incident as an tried murder, Morris stated, and have been working to establish the suspects. They request that members of the general public with data contact the Felony Investigations Bureau at (805) 681-4150. Ideas may be submitted anonymously at sbsheriff.org/dwelling/anonymous-tip and (805) 681-4171.
