Santa Maria brothers arrested after fatal Saturday night shooting
Andrew Gillies
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Two Santa Maria brothers, 27-year-old Victoriano Lopez Feliciano and 32-year-old Gabriel Lopez Feliciano, were taken into custody Sunday in connection with a fatal shooting Saturday.
On Aug. 9, around 11:02 p.m., officers responded to the 1200 block of West Main Street for a reported shooting and arrived to find a woman with life-threatening injuries, according to a press release from the Santa Maria Police Department.
“There was a party at that location,” said Detective Sergeant Trevor Hutton with the Santa Maria Police Department’s Special Victims Unit. “I’m not exactly sure what the party was for, but they do rent that location out for events such as this.”
The woman was transported from the scene to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead, police said.
On Sunday, Aug. 10, around 6 p.m., Santa Maria Police detectives and deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office located and arrested the brothers in connection with the homicide investigation in Taft, in western Kern County, police said.
The brothers were taken into custody without incident, police added.
“It has not appeared to be any type of ongoing threat,” said Det. Sgt. Hutton. “It appears to be an isolated incident. It does not appear in any way to be gang-related at this point in the investigation. And there’s no threat to the community.”
Victoriano Lopez Feliciano was booked for murder, and his brother, Gabriel Lopez Feliciano, was booked on charges of being an accessory after the fact, police said.
“We’d like to thank the Kern County Sheriff’s Office for taking our suspects into custody,” said Sgt. Hutton. “We appreciate their help.”
The investigation into this homicide is still active and anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Servin at 805-928-3781 ext. 1367.
You can also report your information while remaining anonymous by calling 805-928-3781 ext. 2677.