Santa Maria police are investigating a pair of shootings that took place in the northern Santa Barbara County city on Tuesday.
Shortly before 1 p.m. a Santa Maria Police Department School Resource Officer assigned to Santa Maria High School reported several gunshots coming from the area of Lincoln Street and Park Avenue. Authorities placed the high school on lockdown as a precautionary measure, and patrol officers arrived in the area to investigate.
Officers found evidence of a shooting in the 700 block of South Lincoln Street, but did not locate any victims, according to the Santa Maria Police Department. Investigators determined there to be no threat to Santa Maria High School nor its students…