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They also are still searching for the suspect in another homicide that occurred in the same vicinity on May 16, 2021.
Mario Angel Merino Gonzalez, 19, of Guadalupe was pronounced dead at the scene of that shooting, police said.
The suspect in that investigation has been identified as Alfredo Alaniz Jr, 21, of Santa Maria.
Alaniz has a tattoo of a "S" on his right cheek and a tattoo of a ship on the left side of his head.
Police said there is no indication that the two shootings were related.
Last weekend’s shooting marked the sixth homicide investigated by Santa Maria in 2021.