The Santa Cruz Police Department has arrested two suspects in connection with an October shooting near Beach Flats Park in Santa Cruz.
On Dec. 9, police arrested Jesus Jessie Borrero, 18, and Juanito Pablo Ramirez, 19, in Alameda County, according to a media release from the department. SCPD got assistance from multiple agencies, including the Santa Cruz County Anti-Crime Team, the Oakland Police Department and the San Leandro Police Department.
Detectives identified the shooter, driver and vehicle through physical evidence obtained at the scene, surveillance video from a nearby business and automated license-plate reader technology, police said.
SCPD Chief Bernie Escalante said evidence obtained by the license plate reader, otherwise known as a Flock Safety camera, was crucial in making the arrest. “Automated License Plate Reader technology, with surveillance footage from a nearby business, and the great work by our investigations team ultimately helped solve this case,” Escalante said in the release.
On Oct. 5, officers responded to a report of shots fired at 7:51 p.m. and found evidence at the scene. Surveillance footage later showed two groups of men in a verbal altercation, followed by one person firing a gun toward the other group before fleeing with another individual in a gray 2019 Honda. No victims came forward.
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