'Sheriff's detectives and forensic units are on scene conducting interviews and processing evidence to determine what led to the incident,' Hoover added at 11 a.m. She said the man was fatally injured from the shooting and died of his wounds shortly afterward when sheriff's deputies arrived. near a parking structure on the resort's property. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover told the Sun that a security officer at the Chumash Casino had shot a yet-to-be-identified male subject at around 2:15 a.m.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident. SHOT IN THE DARK: A man was fatally shot near a parking structure at the Chumash Casino early in the morning of Feb.