LARKIN VALLEY– The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a shooting Monday afternoon after a woman went to a hospital around 3 p.m. with wounds believed not to be life-threatening.
The shooting reportedly occurred in the area of Highway 1 and Mar Monte Avenue. The shooter, who reportedly fled the scene, was probably known to the victim, according to Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Ashley Keehn.
Law enforcement officers were searching for the suspect, in a white Honda Odyssey van, and they employed Project R.O.P.E., or Roadblock Observations Plan of Enforcement. The countywide alert calls on law enforcement agencies to monitor likely escape routes. Shortly before 5 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office released the emergency alert status.
During the search, the Sheriff’s Office issued a shelter-in-place order to residents on White Road and Larkin Valley Road.
“Detectives are actively working on this case, and we will have more information when it becomes available,” Keehn said of the search Monday evening.
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