Crime & Safety
Man Shot In Neck Sunday: Santa Cruz Police Recover Bullet Casing
BREAKING: Investigators are reviewing area surveillance footage in an effort to identify suspects.
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — Police in Santa Cruz are investigating a shooting early Sunday morning that left a man injured. At 2:09 a.m., police responded to the 700 block of Pacific Avenue on a report of a shooting.
Witnesses described a male victim who was shot in the neck and taken to a hospital by a bystander, police said. Officers immediately contacted the 33-year-old victim at the emergency room. He was uncooperative, intoxicated and refused to provide officers with a description of the suspect, police said.
The victim suffered a bullet wound to his neck area and was flown to a trauma center for treatment, police said. Investigators recovered a .22-caliber casing at the crime scene on Pacific Avenue, police said.
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Police do not have any information about the suspect and are continuing to investigate by following up on leads and observing video surveillance footage. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact police investigators at (831) 420-5820.
By Bay City News
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