Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Ventura County Sheriff ‘s deputies responded to a disturbance call in the 3600 block of Dufau Road. Upon arrival they observed a large wedding party with several hundred guests in attendance and an additional disturbance located next door to the wedding. While deputies were investigating the additional disturbance next door to the wedding, they were told that a fight had broken out at the wedding location. Deputies responded to the fight and found several hundred partygoers leaving the area.

Deputies located three stabbing victims at the scene. Witnesses at the wedding provided deputies with the suspect’s description. Deputies provided medical attention to the victims while broadcasting the suspect’s description to the responding units. County Fire and Ambulance arrived and transported all three victims to local area hospitals.

Deputies responding to the scene, located and detained the suspect, Francisco Santos, who was fleeing the area in a dark colored S.U.V. Witnesses identified Santos as the suspect and he was arrested for the above listed charges. Santos was booked into the Ventura County Main Jail without incident.

All three victims were admitted to local area Hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.

Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to call the Ventura County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit at 805-477-7000.

Location: 3655 Dufau Rd. Oxnard, Ca.

Date & Time/ RB#: 05/16/2010 / 2230 Hrs. / 10-011707

Unit Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit

(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses Address Age

Suspect- Francisco Santos Oxnard 32 Years

Victim- Octavio Gomez Oxnard 24 Years
Victim- Florencio Gomez Oxnard 19 Years
Victim- Ricardo Gomez Oxnard 20 Years

Officer Preparing Release: Sergeant Joe Evans

Follow-up Contact: Sergeant Joe Evans 805-477-7000

Date of Release: 05/17/2010

Approved By: Captain Rick Barrios, Major Crimes Bureau