AFTER RESPONDING TO A 3RD SHOOTING INCIDENT IN WATSONVILLE THIS MORNING, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A 51-YEAR-OLD MAN ON SEVERAL CHARGES. DONALD IRVIN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT 10 A.M., AFTER HE FIRED HIS HANDGUN INTO THE GROUND TO SCARE AWAY SOME PEOPLE. THOSE 3-PEOPLE HAD COME TO HIS HOUSE, TO CONFRONT IRVIN’S DAUGHTER OVER A LOST CELLPHONE. IRVIN FACES POSSIBLE CHARGES OF MAKING CRIMINAL THREATS, BRANDISHING A WEAPON, A PROBATION VIOLATION, AS WELL AS BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN. THE SHOOTING INCIDENT FOLLOWED A 1A.M. INCIDENT IN WHICH A HOUSE ON BOCKIUS STREET HAD SHOTS FIRED AT IT, AS WELL AS A 4 A.M. INCIDENT IN WHICH A MAN WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES ON EAST BEACH STREET.
