Photo: Daniel Estrada
SANTA CRUZ – The SCPD received a call early on Tuesday morning from someone who heard several shots fired. Turns out a trio involved in the hubbub split the immediate scene.
Samantha Garcia
They arrived at the 1000 block of Ocean Street. Witnesses described seeing a man fire the shots and then retreat into a nearby motel with several others.
CHP likewise arrived on scene and retrieved several shell casings. SCPD went to the hotel room and found four adults, and an 18-month old child. The little one slept through all of the commotion.
Jorge Ayala Fernandez
Officers found a Glock .40 caliber pistol and a 9 mm handgun in the room. In addition, motel surveillance video identified 18-year-old Daniel Estrada, one of the four, as the errant shooter.
Therefore police charged Estrada with willful negligent discharge of an unregistered firearm and child cruelty.
20-year-old Jorge Ayala Fernandez is father of the child and on felony probation. His charge is being a felon in possession of a firearm.
20-year-old Samantha Garcia, the child’s mother, was arrested for public intoxication
