SANTA CRUZ SHOOTINGS – 18:20 update 02/26/13 1820 S.S.

3  PEOPLE  WERE  SHOT  AND  KILLED  THIS  AFTERNOON  IN  SANTA  CRUZ.    2  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  (WITH  THE  SANTA  CRUZ  POLICE  DEPARTMENT)  WERE  SHOT  AROUND  3:30 P.M.,   DURING  AN  INVESTIGATION  ON  THE  800  BLOCK  OF  NORTH  BRANCIFORTE  AVENUE (BETWEEN  SUNNYSIDE  AVENUE AND  DOYLE  STREET).    ABOUT  30  MINUTES  LATER,  A  SUSPECT  IN  THOSE  SHOOTINGS  WAS  KILLED  ON  DOYLE  STREET (DURING  A  CHASE  WITH  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS).    DURING  THE  INVESTIGATION  OF  THOSE  SHOOTINGS, NUMEROUS  STREETS  WERE  CLOSED,  AND  AREA  SCHOOLS  WERE  LOCKED  DOWN.

SANTA  CRUZ  POLICE  CHIEF  KEVIN  VOGEL SAID  HIS  DEPARTMENT  IS IN  MOURNING,   AND  THAT  IT  WAS  A  HORRIBLE,  HORRIBLE  DAY FOR  THE POLICE  DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY OF SANTA CRUZ.

THE  SANTA  CRUZ  COUNTY  SHERIFF’S  DEPARTMENT HAS  TAKEN  OVER  THE  CRIMINAL  INVESTIGATION  OF  THESE  SHOOTINGS.

A Press Conference that was initially scheduled to take place at 9:00 p.m. tonight has been rescheduled for 9:30 p.m.  Michael Olson plans to be there, and we expect to carry it live (via cell phone)....