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A Santa Maria police detective and firearms expert testified Tuesday that he believed a weapon used to kill a man more than two years ago to be the same
Police identify 20-year-old male killed in shooting on West Donovan Road A 20-year-old Santa Maria man was identified Tuesday as the victim of a shooting Friday on West Donovan Road. After receiving a report of shots heard in the 800 block of West Donovan Road shortly before 4:30 p.m., officers arriving on scene located Kevin Nunez-Escamilla with a fatal gunshot wound, according to Lt. Jesse Silva. The shooter fled before police arrived, Silva said, and suspects have yet to be identified. The Santa Maria Police Detective Bureau is asking for the public's assistance in the in...
Housing and Development Newsletter Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Ryan Preast at 805.928.3781 x1683 or the department's tip line at 808.928.3781 x2677. A man with a similar name and age was one of three Santa Maria gang members arrested last summer in Lompoc after a traffic stop during which police determined the driver and two passengers were on probation. Lompoc police searched the vehicle early on July 31, and found a concealed loaded .40-caliber handgun that had the serial number obliterated, and an illegal, large-capacity loaded magazine. Nunez-Escamilla and an...