Santa Maria police arrest alleged murderer, search for failed kidnapper
December 24, 2020
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
Santa Maria police tracked the gunman who allegedly shot and killed a 20-year-old man last week to a location in Tulare County and arrested him for murder.
On Dec. 18, witnesses heard multiple gunshots in the 800 block of W. Donovan Road at about 4:20 p.m. Officers arrived at the scene and found Kevin Nunez-Escamilla dead of a gunshot wound, according to the northern Santa Barbara County city’s police department.
Detectives tracked the suspect, 20-year-old Jesus Juarez Gracilazo of Santa Maria, to the town of Lindsey in Tulare County. With the assistance of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department, detectives arrested Gracilazo and transported him back to Santa Maria, where he was booked in jail with his bail set at $2 million.
Arrest made in Santa Maria homicide case
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Santa Maria Police Department investigators at the scene of a deadly shooting in the 800 block of W. Donovan Rd. on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020.
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An arrest has been made in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old in Santa Maria last week.
Santa Maria police say the detective bureau and special enforcement team tracked the suspect, identified as Jesus Juarez Gracilazo, 20, to Tulare County.
Jesus Juarez Gracilazo
With the help of the Tulare County Sheriffâs Department, police say Gracilazo was arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin Nunez-Escamill.