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Two arrested in connection with South Coast murder

KCLU
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's detectives have made two arrests in connection with a February 10 murder in Goleta.

Detectives say the victim and suspects in the Goleta shooting knew each other.

There have been two arrests in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Santa Barbara County. Richard Andrew Cardona was fatally wounded last Thursday night at a Goleta hotel.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives identified two men as suspects. They say the victim, and the men knew each other, and it wasn’t a random attack.

Isiah Alexander was arrested in Santa Barbara on Monday. The 34-year-old Santa Barbara man is facing a murder charge.

Wednesday, detectives arrested Anthony Torres Lopes Junior in Santa Barbara in connection with the death. They say the 36-year-old Santa Barbara man is charged with robbery, and attempted extortion.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.