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Suspect in shooting at Auburn auto shop arrested | Update

The incident happened at the Quick Lube Services Center located in the 800 block of Marguerite Mine Road, along the Golden Chain Highway.

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9 a.m. update:

Joesph David De La Cruz has been arrested and is in custody in Christian Valley.

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Officials are searching for a man following a shooting at an auto shop in Auburn Tuesday afternoon, according to the Auburn Police Department.

The incident happened at the Quick Lube Services Center located in the 800 block of Marguerite Mine Road, along the Golden Chain Highway.

Police say the suspect, identified as 41-year-old Joseph David De La Cruz, was known to employees at the shop. According to investigators, De La Cruz went to the shop around 2 p.m. and started arguing with an employee. At some point, police say De La Cruz pulled out a gun and shot the employee.

The victim in the shooting was transported to a local hospital in unknown condition. Police have not yet identified that person.

After the shooting, police say De La Cruz fled the scene in a faded green 1992 Chevy 1500 4x4 pickup with California license plate number 4M78945. Just after 6 p.m., Placer County Sheriff's deputies say they located the truck, but de la Cruz was nowhere to be found.

If you have any information regarding De La Cruz’s whereabouts, you are asked to call 911 immediately.

Placer High School and E.V. Cain Stem Charter Middle School were briefly placed on lockdown because of this incident. The lockdown for both schools was lifted at approximately 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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