Sand City Shooting Leaves 2 Officers Injured And 2 Suspects Dead At Northern California Target


A San City shooting has left two officers injured and two suspects dead at a Northern California Target store.

According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the officers were attempting to serve a warrant to the men, who were sitting in their vehicle, when the gunfight broke out in the parking lot of the store, located in the Edgewater Shopping Center in Sand City.

Sand City Police Chief Brian Ferrante and District Attorney Dean Flippo spoke at a media briefing following the shooting, where they announced what had happened. You can listen to the media briefing here.

“After the officers confronted them, the suspects opened fire,” said Ferrante. “Both officers injured were transported to the hospital via ambulance and are in stable condition.”

Bouchra Gygax, a student at Monterey Peninsula College, watched the whole scene unfold at approximately 3:30 p.m. as she was looking for a parking spot in the crowded lot. She said she saw one man with his foot hanging out of the window of the car, and the two officers holding up the other man.

“While I was waiting people started pulling out their phones and somebody said ‘the cop got shot and he shot back,’ ” Gygax recalled, adding that the scene quickly became chaotic with police cars and ambulances arriving from all directions.

“It was crazy,” she said.

The suspects were killed by the gunfire, and the officers were injured and taken to the Natividad Medical Center to receive treatment. Currently, no further information has been released about the suspects, and none will be until their next of kin is notified.

The DA’s bureau of investigation will be conducting the investigation, according to Chief Ferrante, who also said authorities from Seaside, Marina, Monterey, the California Highway Patrol and the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office aided Sand City police following the shootout.

“We now have 15 investigators that are involved in gathering evidence both here and also with the hospital,” Flippo said.

Ferrante said the officers knew the suspects and were aware that they had outstanding warrants.

“Fortunately no innocent bystanders were involved,” Ferrante said.

More information will be revealed about the Target shooting as it becomes available.

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