Santa Barbara Police Make Arrest in Easter Day Shooting 
On April 12th, Easter Sunday, at about 1:50pm, Santa Barbara Police Officers were dispatched to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of Punta Gorda Street and Salinas Street. Officers discovered evidence of a shooting, including spent shell casings.
Several occupants of an involved vehicle were contacted in the area during a high-risk stop. Bullet holes were found in the vehicle.
An investigation ensued, and after several significant leads were exhausted, Santa Barbara Police Detectives identified the suspect of the shooting as 24-year-old Daniel Djamali-Kahi who resides in Goleta. A search and arrest warrant was authorized for Djamali-Kahi and his residence on Covington Way, in Goleta.
Yesterday, on April 14th at about 7 P.M., the Santa Barbara Police SWAT team and crisis negotiators, assisted by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s SWAT team, served that warrant.
Djamali-Kahi was arrested without incident. A search of the residence revealed two firearms, a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, and an AR-15 assault rifle as well as hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Djamali-Kahi was booked at Santa Barbara County Jail for 246 PC, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and 245(a)(2)PC assault with a firearm.
Address/Location
Santa Barbara Police Department
215 East Figueroa Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-897-2300
