The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Workplace Prison Investigation Bureau is trying into an alleged stabbing incident in Isla Vista late Sunday night time, wherein at the very least one male suspect was concerned in an “heated” altercation with one other group, pulled a knife and stabbed two male victims, in line with an announcement by Sheriff’s spokesperson Jarrett Morris.
Morris mentioned the incident occurred shortly after midnight on the sidewalk exterior of a celebration on Sueno Highway in Isla Vista. When Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, they discovered that the 2 male victims had been strolling away from the celebration when one “ran into an unknown male topic” accompanied by one other male and two females.
A “heated confrontation ensued,” Morris mentioned, adopted by a bodily altercation among the many males. In the course of the combat, “one of many unknown male topics pulled out a knife and stabbed each victims.”
In accordance with Morris, one sufferer suffered two stab wounds, and the opposite sufferer was stabbed as soon as. Each had been transported to the hospital with “non-life-threatening” accidents.
The suspect, or suspects, had been final seen close to the 600 block of Pasado Highway, in line with the Sheriff’s Workplace assertion. Deputies established a fringe on Sueno Highway and Pasado Highway from Camino Pescadero to Camino del Sur, a K9 workforce responded, and deputies had been capable of finding a “blood path at Camino Pescadero and Pasado Highway” that led them over 100 yards and thru a number of backyards. No arrests had been made.
The victims didn’t present particulars of the incident, and each mentioned they didn’t know the suspected assailant(s). Morris mentioned the investigation has been turned over to the Prison Investigation Bureau. Any members of the general public with info are inspired to name the Sheriff’s Workplace at (805) 681-4150.
