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A quiet night ended for residents of a northern Santa Maria neighborhood Monday with a roar of sirens, a shouted exchange between an armed man and law enforcement officers, and staccato gunshots that ended with the man lying dead in the cul-de-sac at Preisker Lane and the Santa Maria River Levee.

“It was like a machine gun — one, two, three, four, five, six — something like that,” Barbara Thayer, who lives near the end of Preisker Lane with her husband Jim, said Tuesday ...

A low-speed chase which ended on Preisker Lane just before 10 p.m., began near an Orcutt gas station after a sheriff’s sergeant spotted the man, described as older, driving a dark minivan not far from where the 9-1-1 call originated ...

A witness who asked not to be identified said police talked with the man, who looked like a “grandfather,” for about 30 minutes and at times he appeared to point the gun at himself. Soon after, gunfire erupted ...

http://santamariatimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/armed-man-shot-killed-in-sm/article_9aa5eec8-db99-11e1-b526-0019bb2963f4.html



Man shot and killed by officers identified

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department has identified the man shot and killed by law enforcement officers Monday after he allegedly confronted them with a gun as 71-year-old Jose Naveja from Sebring, Fla.

Naveja reportedly led officers on a slow-speed pursuit through Santa Maria before he stopped and threw several guns from his car. He then allegedly exited his car, picked up a gun from the ground and confronted officers.

Officers fired shots, killing Naveja ...

http://santamariatimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-shot-and-killed-by-officers-identified/article_ea65e35e-dc08-11e1-afa5-0019bb2963f4.html