A Lompoc man who was killed last week was the unintended target of a gang-related shooting on West Chestnut Avenue, according to a police spokesman.

A Santa Maria judge on Wednesday sentenced a Lompoc woman to seven years in state prison for her role in an emotionally-driven stabbing death of a 55-year-old man inside a residence in March 2019.

Arturo Tovar Alvarez, 23; Kevin Nunez Escamilla, 19; and 18-year-old Joel Angel Jesus Rivera were taken into custody following a traffic stop around 4:18 a.m.

The shooting occurred around 8:06 p.m. in the 700 block of West Chestnut Avenue. Officers arrived on scene and reported locating a 30-year-old male victim. Officers provided aid until medics arrived, according to the Lompoc Police Department, and the victim was later pronounced dead at Lompoc Valley Medical Center.

A Lompoc man on Thursday pleaded not guilty to felony charges related to the gang-related shooting death of a U.S. Army soldier in September 2019, following at least two delayed appearances due to quarantine.  

Four males, including three juveniles, were arrested Wednesday in connection to the shooting death of 30-year-old Francisco Garcia on Monday, according to a Lompoc Police spokesman.