Man killed in officer-involved shooting Friday morning in Lompoc
LOMPOC, Calif. – A man has died following a police-involved shooting outside of the Circle K at 1421 Ocean Avenue Friday morning.
Lompoc Police Chief Kevin Martin requested that Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office conduct an Officer Involved Shooting Investigation and the identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of their next of kin.
Following the publication of this article Friday morning, a family member of the deceased reached out to your News Channel to contest information sourced from a Lompoc Police Department press release about the event.
Contested information includes the armed status of their relative as well as the veracity of the reported carjacking Friday morning.
With the passage of AB 1506 into law, the California Department of Justice is required to investigate an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of an unarmed person beginning in July of 2023.
According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, their office did confer with the California Department of Justice and this incident does not meet the requirements for a State investigation.
Around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28, officers with Lompoc Police Department responded to a call for an armed robbery at the Circle K on Ocean Avenue, but the man had left the area before their arrival state Lompoc Police Department.
According to the Lompoc Police Department, the man was armed and robbed the clerk of money and alcohol before fleeing the scene.
On Friday, Dec. 29, at approximately 1:18 a.m., Officers were dispatched to the same Circle K for an armed man near the gas pumps who had attempted to carjack a person in the parking lot detail Lompoc Police Department.
The person was able to flee from the attempted carjacking on foot and the armed man entered the Circle K and attempted to rob the convenience store again explain Lompoc Police Department.
When the armed man exited the store, he was confronted by officers with Lompoc Police Department and an officer-involved shooting occurred state Lompoc Police Department.
According to Lompoc Police Department, officers provided medical aid until medical responders arrived, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
