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Names Of Some Who Died In Friday Attack On Central Coast Released

(Santa Maria Fire Department photo)
Four mobile homes were destroyed, or damaged as part of Friday incident in Santa Maria which left five people dead.

People are still trying to come to grips with a shooting, explosion, and fire which ultimately left five people dead on the Central Coast. Santa Maria Police believe a gunman shot and killed two golfers Friday, and then went to the adjacent mobile home park on West Taylor Drive where he, and two other people died in a mobile home.

There was an explosion, and fire in the mobile home, but there’s no word yet on how the three people died. The blast and fire also heavily damaged three other mobile homes.

The golfers who died have been identified as Kurt Bracke and Richard Hanen of Santa Maria, The names of the attacker, and the other two people who died haven’t been released yet.

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.