A 22-year-old man was killed in the Live Oak area of Santa Cruz County this weekend. Omar Alejandro Lopez was sitting in a car near 17th avenue and Rodriguez Street at 12:50 a.m. Saturday, when somebody approached the vehicle and began shooting. Lopez was in the passenger seat, and was driven to a gas station by another person in the car, who was not shot. Lopez was pronounced dead at the gas station. Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s investigators are trying to determine the motive of the shooting, and they believe Lopez was specifically targeted. They do not have any suspects in the case.
