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SANTA CRUZ SHOOTINGS – 22:00 update 02/26/13 20:00 S.S.

3  PEOPLE  WERE  SHOT  AND  KILLED  THIS  AFTERNOON  IN  SANTA  CRUZ.       28  year  veteran  of  the  Santa  Cruz Police  force,   Sergeant  Butch  Baker;    and 10 year veteran  Detective  Elizabeth  Butler,   were  shot and  killed  around  3:30  this  afternoon,   DURING  AN  INVESTIGATION  ON  THE  800  BLOCK  OF  NORTH  BRANCIFORTE  AVENUE (BETWEEN  SUNNYSIDE  AVENUE AND  DOYLE  STREET).       About  30  minutes  later, their shooter (35 year-old Jeremy Peter Goulet) was shot and 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.

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