Santa Barbara police responded to Leadbetter Beach late Sunday morning after reports of a disturbance involving two men armed with unusual weapons.
According to a statement from the Santa Barbara Police Department, dispatchers received multiple calls around 11:51 a.m. on September 21 about an altercation in which one man was reportedly carrying a firearm or Taser, while the other armed himself with a fishing spear.
By the time officers arrived, the two had split up. One man walked west along the beach toward Leadbetter Point, where officers contacted him and recovered part of a fishing spear. He provided a statement at the scene. The second man left on a bicycle through the parking lot and was not located despite an extensive search…