An officer involved shooting leaves one man dead on State Street in the downtown Santa Barbara nightclub district. The victim has been identified as 24-year-old Oxnard resident Wilfred Turner.

The incident occurred at 11:50 pm on State near Ortega Streets. Police say Turner and two of his friends from Oxnard encountered another group of men, including a 16-year-old female from Oxnard. Authorities say Turner and one of the guys in the other group had fought before and had a history of "bad blood" between them over allegations the man was romantically involved with Turner's wife.

The two men erupted into a fight, others in the two groups also got involved. Santa Barbara police say two police officers tried to break up the fight and that's when Turner pulled out a gun and pointed it at people. Hundreds of people were in the area, where several crowded bars and restaurants are located.


The two officers then pulled out their guns and fired several shots. Turner was struck and killed. Police recovered Turner's gun and say it was loaded, they also found a second handgun inside his friends truck, which he rode in. Turner recently served in the U.S. Navy stationed out of Port Hueneme.
The two officers, whose names have not been released remain on administration leave.
Witnesses told KEY News Senior Reporter John Palminteri on the scene, multiple shots were fired.

A customer at the Tonic nightclub, George Casique says he saw many people dive to the ground when the gunshots rang out. Casique says several officers had their weapons out, but he did not know if more than one officer fired the shots.

Taxi driver Brian Gray, was parked at the shooting scene. He said one bullet hit his vehicle, and blew out a tire.

The street was sealed off by police who detained dozens of witnesses. Police Chief Cam Sanchez was on the scene but has not made a statement.

The shooting took place as Santa Barbara was celebrating it's annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta. Earlier in the day a parade on State St. drew thousands of people.'

Many extra officers, were assigned to the downtown area at the time to help with crowd control.