Santa Barbara Man Killed in Westside Shooting Identified as Defendant in 2025 State Street Stabbing Case

The man shot and killed early Friday morning at Bohnett Park on Santa Barbara’s Westside has been identified as 29-year-old Luis Gerardo Terrazas of Santa Barbara, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

Terrazas died after being transported to Cottage Hospital with a gunshot wound following the 1:31 a.m. shooting at the park on San Pascual Street. Santa Barbara police are investigating the case as a homicide. No arrests have been announced, and the suspect or suspects remain at large.

Terrazas was previously charged in connection with the multiple stabbings that occurred on State Street during Fiesta weekend in August 2025 — an incident that left 30-year-old Anthony Bisquera-Hartley dead and two others injured.

As previously reported by the Independent, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office initially filed charges based on findings that Bisquera-Hartley was unarmed and fatally stabbed by Sergio Rivas, 30, and Juan Fernando Rios, 28…

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