Multiple people were killed and injured after a shooting just after midnight Monday near Moss Landing State Beach, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. The shooting happened along Jetty Road, and California State Parks Police closed both Jetty Road and Moss Landing State Beach after the gunfire.
For people searching Moss Landing on Monday, the key detail is that the scene was contained quickly enough for authorities to say there was no active threat to the community right now. That did not lessen the shock of a shooting that left more than one person dead or hurt, but it did mean the response moved from an immediate danger to a locked-down investigation area.
The timing made the shooting especially urgent: it happened just after midnight, when the area would have been at its quietest and when little information was available beyond the fact that multiple people had been struck. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office did not release casualty counts or say anything about a suspect, and the report remained limited to the broad outlines of what happened and where.
That gap is now part of the story. Authorities have confirmed the closure of Jetty Road and Moss Landing State Beach, and they have said there is no active threat to the community right now, but they have not said how many people were killed or injured or what led to the shooting. For now, the most concrete answer is also the hardest one: the scene is closed, the threat level has been lowered, and the toll is still not fully known.
Moss Landing Shooting Leaves Multiple Dead and Injured Near Jetty Road
