Soledad area shootings now homicide investigation
SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION)
UPDATE: Two people have been shot in two different locations in the Soledad area, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. Late Tuesday night, the Sheriff's Office confirmed with KION this is now a homicide investigation. One of the two victims has died, but law enforcement is not yet identifying which victim that is.
One shooting was reported on Blue Jay Lane outside Soledad and another was reported near Highway 101 and Arroyo Seco Road.
The condition of the other victim has not been released.
Some residents were left waiting to enter their gated community they describe as a normally quiet neighborhood is now the doorstep of the homicide investigation.
The entrance was taped off. One resident tells me this type of crime is unusual.
"There's not been any significant crimes here at all so this is very perplexing that something would happen like this magnitude that you have all these sherriff vehicles here, earlier a fire truck was here, and there was an ambulance and of course the helicopter that evacuated somebody," said Vaun Monk, resident of Riverview Estates.
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office says it's possible that both shootings are connected but it's too early in the investigation to say. Earlier, two persons of interest were detained up after a police pursuit that ended in Johnson Canyon Road in Gonzales with a possible connection to the shootings.
The investigation is ongoing.
UPDATE: Two people have been shot in two different locations in the Soledad area, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. Late Tuesday night, the Sheriff's Office confirmed with KION that this is now a homicide investigation. One of the two victims has died, but law enforcement is not yet identifying which victim that is.
One shooting was reported on Blue Jay Lane outside Soledad and another was reported near Highway 101 and Arroyo Seco Road.
The condition of the other victim has not been released.
The Sheriff's Office said Greenfield police were in a chase that went up Johnson Canyon Road with what is believed to be the suspect vehicle. They found two people inside who have been detained and are considered persons of interest who are "possibly connected."
The investigation is ongoing.
PREVIOUS STORY: Two people have been shot in two different locations in the Soledad area, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's Office says one shooting was reported on Blue Jay Lane outside Soledad and another was reported near Highway 101 and Arroyo Seco Road.
The condition of the victims is unknown.
The Sheriff's Office said Greenfield police were in a chase that went up Johnson Canyon Road with what is believed to be the suspect vehicle. They found two people inside who have been detained and are considered persons of interest who are "possibly connected."
The investigation is ongoing.
