Stabbing, shooting reported within 30-minute span in Santa Maria

A stabbing in Santa Maria left a victim critically wounded Saturday evening. Within a half hour of the stabbing, a shooting was reported in the northern Santa Barbara County city.

Shortly before 7 p.m., a caller reported a stabbing victim in a vehicle parked in the In-N-Out Burger parking lot. Officers arrived and found a 21-year-old man suffering from multiple stab wounds, according to the Santa Maria Police Department.

Responders transported the victim to the Marian Regional Medical Center Emergency Room in critical condition…

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