Suspects Arrested for Shooting Outside Buellton 

September 24, 2024 – Buellton, CA – Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office officials report that two suspects have been arrested for a felony charges related to a shooting outside of Buellton last week. On Friday, September 20, 2024, at approximately 8:56 a.m., deputies responded to a shooting that just occurred at an agricultural filed in the 1000-block of Highway 246. When deputies arrived, they learned that a male and female suspect demanded money from several agriculture workers. When they were denied, they returned to their white BMW sedan and fired several gunshots from their vehicle into an unoccupied parked van. No victims were physically injured during this exchange.

Through their investigation, deputies identified the suspects as 29-year-old Stephanie Solis Garcia from Santa Maria and 43-year-old Jason Matthew Zepeda from Santa Maria. In the days that followed, deputies continued their investigation and authored a warrant for Garcia and Zepeda.

On Sunday, September 22, 2024, at approximately 12:43 a.m., Garcia and Zepeda were located and arrested in the 3000 block of Telegraph Road in Ventura in the white BMW. Both suspects were booked at the Main Jail on felony warrants.  Garcia was booked for attempted robbery and conspiracy and is being held on $500,000 bail.  Zepeda was booked for attempted robbery, vandalism, discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, conspiracy and is being held on $500,000 bail.

Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office