Buellton, Ca. – A Lompoc man has been arrested for attempted murder following a shooting in Buellton. On Friday, November 8, 2024, at approximately 8:55 p.m., deputies responded to Valley Station Drive for a report of a disturbance. When deputies arrived, they learned that the suspect, 35-year-old Sergio Martin Lopez Hernandez from Lompoc, yelled obscenities at the victim, drew a firearm from his waistband, fired several rounds towards the victim before driving away at a high rate of speed in a black Ford F150. The suspect and the victim are familiar to one another, and no one was struck by any of the rounds fired into the occupied residence.

While deputies investigated at the scene, a be-on-the-lookout was broadcast to area units. At approximately 9:10 p.m., California Highway Patrol located the suspect in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Lompoc Home Depot. Deputies responded and eventually arrested Lopez Hernandez. Inside his vehicle, deputies discovered a loaded firearm with the serial number filed off. Lopez Hernandez was booked at the Northern Branch Jail for attempted murder (felony), altering identifying marks on a firearm (felony), shooting at an inhabited dwelling (felony), driving under the influence (misdemeanor), and carrying a loaded firearm in public. He is being held on $1,000,000 bail.