One Dead, Multiple Others Injured In South Coast Attack

One person is dead, and multiple others injured following a Sunday night attack in Santa Barbara
(Photo by John Palminteri)

Detectives are trying to sort out what led to an attack on the the South Coast that left one man dead and multiple other people injured.  It happened just before 6 Sunday night, on Santa Barbara's Eastside.

Investigators think someone fired shots into a group of people off of Liberty Street.  A man who was wounded later died at a hospital.  Details haven't been released on the other injuries.  No arrests have been reported.

Detectives are looking into the possibility the attack was gang-related.

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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.