Sheriff's Detectives Arrest Suspected Easter Day Shooter

Lompoc - May 11th, 2010

Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Detectives have arrested a man suspected of shooting another man during a large party Easter Sunday on a ranch east of Lompoc.

At approximately, 5:39pm on Sunday, April 4, 2010, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a shooting at a party on private property on the 2300 block of Sweeney Road east of Lompoc.

According to witnesses, as the party, of up to 300 attendees, was ending a group of people from Lompoc got into a confrontation with a group of people from Compton. As tempers flared, members of each group began throwing rocks at each other. At one point a 22-year old man from Lompoc was injured when a rock hit him in the face.

At about the same time, witnesses say a young male adult reportedly pointed a handgun at an 18-year old male and fired multiple shots. One bullet hit the victim in the leg before the shooter fled with several other males. Other party attendees drove the victim to Lompoc Hospital where he was treated for the non-life threatening injury.

Over the course of five weeks, Sheriff’s Detectives have interviewed witnesses and followed leads which lead to the identification of the shooter as 31-year old Oscar Isidro Corona (2/26/79) of Compton, Ca.

Based on information gathered during the investigation, Sheriff’s detectives obtained a search warrant for two locations in Compton. On Monday morning, May 10, 2010 Sheriff’s detectives contacted Corona at one of the locations in Compton where he was arrested without incident. He was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail for Assault with a firearm (245(A)(2)PC) on $50,000 bail.

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