On Saturday, Sept 20, at approximately 3:18 a.m., Santa Maria Police officers were investigating a reported robbery in the 1000 block of North Broadway when they heard several gunshots northeast of their location.

Officers and nearby residents reported hearing between five and eight shots.

Responding officers located a man who matched the description of a suspect from a recent assault.

The suspect was found wearing body armor and armed with two loaded handguns. Officers detained the suspect and identified him as 23-year-old Santa Maria resident Emmanuel Munguia Zaragoza.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for Zaragoza’s residence, where they discovered a stockpile of weapons and a large quantity of ammunition.

All items were seized as evidence.

Zaragoza was booked into the Santa Ba

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