SANTA CRUZ POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAMES OF 5 SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SATURDAY ROBBERY AND SHOOTING. SHORTLY BEFORE 6 P-M, PATROL UNITS RESPONDED TO A REPORTED SHOOTING ON THE 700 BLOCK OF WEST CLIFF DRIVE, WHERE A 50 YEAR OLD MALE WAS BEATEN AND SHOT IN THE HEAD DURING A ROBBERY. POLICE STOPPED THE GET AWAY CAR NEAR HARVEY WEST PARK. 19 YEAR OLD BRYCE BERTAO, FROM WATSONVILLE, 21 YEAR OLD JUAN ESCOBAR, 23 YEAR OLD ROBERTO RAMIREZ , 19 YEAR OLD DE’MARIA STRONG, AND 22-YEAR-OLD JOHN ZARATE WERE ALL ARRESTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. THE VICTIM WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A NON LIFE THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.
