Identity of 28-year-old killed in Santa Cruz released

The man was killed in a drive-by-shooting on Mission Street

NEW INFORMATION ONMURDER INVESTIGATIONIN SANTA CRUZ.WE NOW KNOW THEIDENTITY OF MAN KILLED.HE IS TWENTY EIGHTYEAR OLD JUAN ANTONIORUIZ, FROM SANTA CRUZ.RUIZ WAS THEPASSENGER SHOT IN ACAR YESTERDAYAFTERNOON WHILEDRIVING ON MISSIONSTREET.POLICE ARE LOOKINGINTO WHETHER OR NOTTHIS WAS GANGRELATED.THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT THISSHOOTING WAS RELATED TO ANOTHERTHAT OCURRED TWO DAYS AGO OUT INTHE COUNTY.AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT ABLE TODETERMINE IF THE TWO INCIDENTSARRELATED OR THE SUBJECTS ARERELATEDBUT WE ARE PURSUING ALL LEADS TODETERMINE THJUST LAST MONTH ATHIRTY ONE YEAR OLDMAN WAS SHOT IN THELEG ON CEDAR STREET INDOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZIN BROAD DAYLIGHT.THE SANTA CRUZCOUNTY GANG TASKFORCE AND SCOTTSVALLEY POLICE WEREABLE TO IDENTIFY ANDARREST THE SHOOTERRESPONSIBLE.POLICE SAY THESE TWOARE UNRELATED.

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