A series of shootings in Ben Lomond and Felton rattled residents Sunday night as one house, one business, and multiple vehicles were struck by gunfire. No one was injured. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies said they used surveillance videos to trace the shootings to a 18-year-old Santa Cruz woman, Samantha Self, and a 22-year-old Santa Cruz man, Brett Caplin. Self and Caplin were arrested on Emeline Avenue in Santa Cruz and booked into jail on the following charges: shooting into an occupied dwelling, negligent discharge of a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, and felony vandalism. Sunday night, between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., the Sheriff's Office received multiple reports of shots being fired at five locations in Felton and Ben Lomond. One vehicle was burglarized, and a house was riddled with at least five bullet holes. The gunman's vehicle was recorded by surveillance cameras, and deputies found the vehicle parked near the county building on Emeline Avenue. Deputies searched Self's home and found a firearm. If you or anyone you know had their vehicles or residences shot during this period and near the areas described, call the Sheriff's Office at 831-471-1121.

A series of shootings in Ben Lomond and Felton rattled residents Sunday night as one house, one business, and multiple vehicles were struck by gunfire.

No one was injured.




Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies said they used surveillance videos to trace the shootings to a 18-year-old Santa Cruz woman, Samantha Self, and a 22-year-old Santa Cruz man, Brett Caplin.

Self and Caplin were arrested on Emeline Avenue in Santa Cruz and booked into jail on the following charges: shooting into an occupied dwelling, negligent discharge of a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, and felony vandalism.



Sunday night, between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., the Sheriff's Office received multiple reports of shots being fired at five locations in Felton and Ben Lomond.

Sheriff's Office Bullet holes in house

One vehicle was burglarized, and a house was riddled with at least five bullet holes.



The gunman's vehicle was recorded by surveillance cameras, and deputies found the vehicle parked near the county building on Emeline Avenue.

Deputies searched Self's home and found a firearm.

If you or anyone you know had their vehicles or residences shot during this period and near the areas described, call the Sheriff's Office at 831-471-1121.