San Marcos High placed into secure protocol and 16-year-old arrested for assault Friday morning

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – San Marcos High School was placed under a secure protocol for an hour and a juvenile was arrested for assaulting two other juveniles with a deadly weapon Friday morning.

On Mar. 8, 2024, around 8:31 a.m., deputies responded to the 4600 block of Chilon Way for a reported assault state Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

According to Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, arriving deputies discovered a 17-year-old female with a non-life threatening wound to her leg and a 17-year-old male with a non-life threatening wound to his arm.

Both 17-year-olds were transported by ambulance to a local hospital state Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies requested that San Marcos High School enter a secure protocol status because how close the assault was to campus explain Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

According to Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, a 16-year-old male was identified by detectives and the 16-year-old voluntarily surrendered at the Sheriff's Headquarters where he was arrested at 10:12 a.m. and the secure protocol was lifted at San Marcos High.

The male juvenile was booked at Santa Maria Juvenile Hall for assault with a deadly weapon and the investigation into the incident is ongoing state Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

The school's secure protocol was lifted at 9:18 a.m. Friday morning detail Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

The SECURE protocol is related to a double stabbing near campus- suspect is outstanding. Updates here as they become available. https://t.co/5mx2GdO9vc

— PIO Raquel Zick (@SBSOPIO) March 8, 2024

This is an evolving law enforcement response and more information will be added to this article as it becomes available.