DA Rules Deputy Fatal Shooting of Goleta Valley Ralphs Stabbing Suspect Is Justified

District Attorney's Office concludes fatal 2025 deputy-involved shooting was justifiable homicide

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Friday, the District Attorney's Office announced that the deputy involved shooting on October 20, 2025, that resulted in the death of a 34-year-old man was a justifiable homicide and their office will not be pursuing charges. On the afternoon of October 20, 2025, deputies were called to the scene of an assault outside of the Ralph's grocery store in the 5100 block of Hollister Avenue, just east of Goleta …

DA Rules Deputy Fatal Shooting of Goleta Valley Ralphs Stabbing Suspect is Justified

Investigators determined that sheriff’s deputies were legally justified in shooting and killing a man at the Goleta Valley Ralphs supermarket, the District Attorney’s Office said Friday.  Deputies responded to a reported stabbing at the 5170 Hollister Ave. supermarket the afternoon of Oct. 20, 2025. An altercation between two men outside the Ralphs, led to one man stabbing the other with a knife.  The victim and the stabbing suspect both went in…

District Attorney Finds Fatal Goleta Grocery Store Shooting by Deputies Was Justified

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has determined that the October 2025 shooting death of a man inside a Goleta grocery store by sheriff’s deputies was a justifiable homicide. […] The post District Attorney Finds Fatal Goleta Grocery Store Shooting by Deputies Was Justified appeared first on edhat.