SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS—The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man on Laurel Road off of Highway 17 as a homicide.
Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Ashley Keehn said deputies on Sunday night were alerted to reports of a man with a gun on the 17000 block of Laurel Road and Highway 17. Deputies found an unresponsive man with a gunshot wound who was pronounced deceased at the scene.Â
The victim was a 28-year-old San Jose resident. His identification is pending family notification, Keehn said.
The Sheriff’s Office is looking for two witnesses that are believed to be women in their 40s who were in the area at the time of the crime.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sgt. Daniel Robbins at 454-7635.
