Toro Canyon residents ordered to shelter-in-place during search for suspect who was later arrested

TORO CANYON, Calif. (KEYT) – A shelter-in-place message was sent to residents of Toro Canyon in connection with a search for a possibly armed person by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday and later the same day, the suspect was arrested near the 3900 block of Foothill Road.

According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were searching the area for a person who was potentially armed with a gun in the Toro Canyon area starting around 11:34 a.m., but they called off their search without finding the suspect hours later.

Around 4:18 p.m., the suspect was spotted near the 3900 block of Foothill Road and taken into custody shared the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office…

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