Paso Robles police arrest suspect, seize rifle following shooting
Noe Tapia-Sandoval.
Noe Tapia-Sandoval, 27, arrested after hospital reports shooting victim
– Paso Robles police arrested a man following a shooting that sent one person to the hospital with a gunshot wound.
Police said that shortly before 2 a.m. on Sept. 1, officers were notified that a patient at a local hospital was being treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg. Investigators determined the shooting had occurred around midnight in the 700 block of 34th Street.
At the scene, police found a 9mm casing and began pursuing leads. Detectives later identified the suspected shooter as Noe Tapia-Sandoval, 27, of Paso Robles. An arrest warrant was obtained for Tapia-Sandoval on a charge of attempted murder.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 2, the San Luis Obispo County Regional SWAT Team served search warrants at two locations tied to the investigation. Tapia-Sandoval was taken into custody at the first location in the 700 block of 30th Street, where investigators also recovered an unregistered AR-15-style rifle. A second search at a home in the 500 block of Arleen Street did not turn up the handgun believed to have been used in the crime.
Tapia-Sandoval was transported to the San Luis Obispo County Jail, where he was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, 664/187(a) PC. He is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Detectives determined the shooting stemmed from a dispute and was a targeted act. Police said there is no evidence of an ongoing threat to the community.
The investigation is ongoing. Paso Robles police asked anyone with information to call the department at (805) 237-6464. Anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at (805) 549-7867 or by texting “SLOTIPS” and a message to CRIMES (274637).
