Investigations continue into 3 recent Santa Cruz shootings which left one person dead over the weekend. 22-year old Beach Flats resident Omar Alejandro Lopez Patlan was fatally shot just before 1 a.m. Saturday while he was sitting in the passenger seat of a car parked near 17th Avenue and Rodriguez Street. Then an 18-year old man attending a memorial service for Lopez-Patlan was shot Sunday at 6:15 p.m. Police believe that shooting was gang-related. A 28-year old Santa Cruz man was shot several times Saturday at 6:45 p.m. after a confrontation with another man near Center and Lincoln Streets. Police say that shooting stemmed from drugs and gangs. Finally, on Sunday evening, a shooter on a bicycle fired shots into a home on Woodrow Avenue and Walk Circle. Police found the bike of the suspected gunman in the 400 block of California Street. Police ask anyone with any information into any of these crimes to contact them at 831-420-5820.
