Search is on for one or two people connected to stabbing at Santa Barbara City College
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Police are searching for one to two people connected to a stabbing on Santa Barbara City College's campus Wednesday.
"They were last seen in our West Campus Parking Structure and in the area, unfortunately one individual was stabbed earlier today," said SBCC's Executive Director of Public Affairs and Communications, Jordan Killebrew.
The stabbing took place at the Earth and Biological Sciences Building around 5:02 p.m. noted a campus alert that went out late afternoon Wednesday.
Witnesses said suspects wearing black hoodies headed towards West Cliff Campus – that is where students noticed what looked like drops of blood.
Anyone who saw them is encouraged to call 911.
The image below shows the location of the Earth and Biological Sciences Building inside the large red circle as well as the West Cliff Campus.
Santa Barbara Police Department conducted a search of the surrounding area, directing traffic away from campus noted Santa Barbara City College.
Students in classes at the time said they sheltered in place.
"We just heard that there was a stabbing," said Jasper Halle, "we had the door locked and we were quiet and sat on floor and waited until is seemed safe."
Killebrew said Santa Barbara City College notified 20,000 people via text.
Jose Soriano said he noticed texts every 15 minutes.
"These texts just kept popping up, it was quite shocking," said Soriano.
The student journalist said he didn't have a class, but came to campus anyway to see how the investigation was going.
Killebrew said a male victim was taken by ambulance as officers did a sweep of campus and searched neighborhoods nearby.
SBCC decided to canceled the rest of the few evening classes taking place, and made sure students were escorted safely to their cars.
Officers focused on securing campus Wednesday evening while continuing the search for suspects.
The condition of the victim was not immediately released.
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