On Thursday, December 25, 2025, at approximately 9:05 PM, officers from the Oxnard Police Department and EMS personnel responded to reports of a shooting victim in the 600 block of South “A” St near 6th Street.
Officers arrived at the scene and located a 17-year-old Oxnard resident suffering from a gunshot wound with life-threatening injuries. Officers provided immediate medical care, and the victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. He was released from the hospital several days later.
Investigators from the Oxnard Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) took over the investigation. Investigators gathered enough evidence to identify the suspect as 24-year-old Oxnard resident Erick Ruben Pablo-Aldama.
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Pablo-Aldama was contacted at the Oxnard Police Department, and he was arrested for attempted murder.
The investigation is ongoing, and no further information is available at this time. If you have any information regarding this case, please contact Detective Jared Schacher at 805-385-8287 or by email at jared.schacher@oxnardpd.org.