WATSONVILLE POLICE OFFICERS ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE WEDNESDAY MORNING’S SHOOTINGS, THAT OCCURRED JUST AFTER 3 A.M., IN THE 100 BLOCK OF PROSPECT AVENUE. 37 YEAR-OLD DOMINIC MOWER WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN HIS PROSPECT AVENUE HOME, AND A 22 YEAR-OLD SANTA CRUZ WOMAN (WHO SUFFERED CRITICAL INJURIES) WAS AIR-LIFTED TO A BAY AREA TRAUMA CENTER. SEVERAL NEIGHBORS SAID THERE WERE OFTEN A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM THE HOUSE. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SHOOTING IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
POLICE INVESTIGATORS HAVE RULED OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS WAS AN ATTEMPTED MURDER-SUICIDE.