PASO ROBLES – On Sunday, May 25th, 2025, at about 1:30 pm, the Paso Robles Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery in the parking lot of AMPM, located at 195 Niblick Road, in Paso Robles.

Officers arrived on scene to discover a 19-year-old male had been followed to the location and ambushed just as he was preparing to leave. The suspect, armed with a handgun, assaulted the victim and robbed him while he was seated in his vehicle. During the struggle, the firearm discharged inside the vehicle, but no one was struck. The suspect then fled the scene in a white Ford pickup.

Detectives from the Paso Robles Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) responded and quickly determined the incident was a targeted attack. Investigators tracked the suspect’s vehicle to Madera, California.

With assistance from the Madera County Sheriff’s SWAT Team, SET detectives executed a search warrant in the early morning hours of May 26 at a residence in the 20700 block of Brightwood Road, in Madera. There, they located and arrested Isaac Adrian Ramirez (22, Madera).

Ramirez was transported to San Luis Obispo County Jail, where he was booked on 245(a)(2) PC, assault with a firearm, 211 PC, robbery, and 664/215(a) PC, attempted carjacking. His bail is set at $500,000.