Crime & Safety
Shooter Leaves Man With Multiple Wounds; No Arrest Made
The shooting was reported Monday afternoon in Santa Cruz. Police said they also arrested a drug dealer while at the scene of the crime.
SANTA CRUZ, CA — A man was shot multiple times Monday afternoon in Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Police Department said Tuesday.
Police received word gunshots were fired around 12:15 p.m. and responded to a complex in the 100 block of Leibrandt Avenue. Officers arrived and found the man with multiple gunshot wounds.
Medics took him to a trauma center in the Bay Area.
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Detectives interviewed witnesses and collected evidence, but police have no additional information about the shooter. Police ask anyone with information to contact investigators at 831-420-5820.
While police investigated the shooting Monday night, an officer stopped a man running though the complex.
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Eduardo Diaz, on probation for selling drugs, was found to have 3.3 ounces of heroin packaged, a scale and $1,200 in cash, police said.
Diaz was taken to jail.
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