The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday morning that a suspect has been detained after two people suffered non-life threatening injuries from an explosion that was intentionally set off at a Santa Maria courthouse.
Raquel Zick, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, wrote in a post on social media that authorities received a call reporting the explosion at 8:48 a.m. and a person of interest was detained “immediately,” described as an adult male. Zick wrote in a post at 10:49 a.m. that the ‘explosion was from an intentionally set improvised explosive device,”
The City of Santa Maria posted on X: “CLOSURE: Due to a law enforcement investigation of a bomb explosion at the nearby #SantaMaria Superior Court this morning, Santa Maria City Hall, Finance Department, City Attorney’s Office, Santa Maria Public Library, and Recreation and Parks Department are closed for today.”
The courthouse ws closed for the day and city buildings within one block of the courthouse are temporarily closed, per Mark Van de Camp, spokesperson for the city of Santa Maria.
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