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Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) was placed on lockdown after a wanted suspect fled from police in the area early Wednesday evening.
Roger the Scanner Guy reported Sheriff’s Deputies and Santa Barbara Police attempted to serve a search warrant when the suspect fled in the 300 Block of Loma Alta.
Since the suspect had a history of being armed, SBCC sent out a campus-wide alert around 5:45 p.m. stating an armed intruder was on SBCC Main Campus on Cliff Drive. “Take appropriate action, RUN HIDE or FIGHT!” the alert stated.
A K9 unit and air support were called in to search for the suspect described as a light-skinned Hispanic male with a shaved head wearing a white shirt with dark plaid shorts.
The suspect was then believed to be in the 200 Block of La Marina where law enforcement sent out a reverse 911 call to nearby residents.
Roger the Scanner Guy reported the suspect was arrested at 6:29 p.m.
It has not been confirmed whether the suspect was armed or if he was actually on SBCC’s campus.
Reported by Roger the Scanner Guy
Wanted subject on the bun. SBSO and SBPD are in the 300 Block of Loma Alta. Team Effort in progress.
Canine unit almost on-scene. They have the guy’s hat, but unfortunately none of the dogs are certified trackers. Incident moved to SBPD channel 1.
I would not want to be without pants with a K-9 Dog looking for me..
Pants aren’t going to make a thread’s thickness of difference if you got a dog on you, as you know!
There were at least 3 police cars at the entrance to West Campus last night, and numerous officers in the grassy area, when I arrived at 5:20 for my 5:30 class. None of them prevented me from driving onto campus, or even acknowledged that students were walking in that area. I’m signed up for SBCC’s emergency texts and hadn’t heard anything about a crisis, so I optimistically thought that maybe their presence was a Halloween precaution and continued to my class.
I was almost 20 minutes into class before the first of 4 alerts was sent at 5:47: “Armed intruder SBCC Main Campus Cliff Drive, take appropriate action, RUN, HIDE OR FIGHT!” At 6:05, the same message went out with “Please continue to shelter in place until an all clear is given.” added, followed at 6:30 by a lengthy text saying that campus was on lockdown. At 6:37 the all clear was given.
Sooo, SBPD, if the operation you were conducting on Loma Alta, near a grade school and a college, went awry as it seemingly did well before 5:20, what happened between then and the time authorities at SBCC were finally called? You guys were ON CAMPUS looking for a dangerous suspect that may have been armed…at the very least shouldn’t SBCC have been notified the second officers set foot on campus so they could activate an emergency alert in a timely manner? Which one of the dozens of you on scene dropped the ball on that one?
Had I known what was happening BEFORE I got in the car and went to school, I would have chosen to stay home and work remotely—it’s a computer accounting class and we have the ability to log onto the SBCC network via a virtual desktop. I know my classmates feel the same way. Instead, thanks to a lack of communication by the SBPD, myself and hundreds of others unwittingly and naively entered an active crisis situation last night that could have easily turned into another needless tragedy. Seriously?! That’s the best you can do?
…another fine gentleman doing a job American’s won’t do?
How come every single time there is an article about a criminal that has a Hispanic name, the comments get flooded with racists? Are you all just sitting there waiting for a Latino to get busted so you can giggle with delight and type some “witty” remark? Y’all are gross.
01:56, if it makes you feel any better, the other side of the fence has people waiting on social media with frothing loins ready to be outraged over a white person eating a burrito or taking a yoga class so they can scream out “cultural appropriation”. What a time to be alive.
He’s lucky to be alive and that he did not get the Cameron Ely treatment.
Cameron Ely had just committed homicide then motioned as if he had a gun coming at police officers…
I happened to drive by and there were fire trucks/ambulances /helicopter /several police dogs 20 police cars moving all over (all of our entire police force on duty in one area-not good) all for one skin head that slipped away -Need New Management!!!!
Dropped off my son at sbcc at around 5:30, saw a cop car on campus, no one told us about the active shooter, got a text I never want to get again from my son “active shooter lockdown” he was with a teacher and students in a dark silent store room until the all clear. Why were they allowing people on campus in the middle of an active shooter event? My poor son, in the dark thinking who knows what. Freaked out and angry here – why were we allowed on campus?
Funny, he looks just like…..