[UPDATE 11:22 p.m.] Woman Shot Near Petrolia
A 24-year-old female was reportedly accidentally shot in the chest this evening near Petrolia, according a information that came across the scanner about 9:45 p.m. The incident occurred on Conklin Creek Road.
“Cal Fire is advising a helicopter is en route,” stated the dispatcher not long after the initial report.
“Be advised Reach [the medical helicopter] will have an ETA of 120 minutes,” the dispatcher reported at 10:03 p.m.
UPDATE 10:10 p.m.: Emergency crews at the scene are reporting a .44 Magnum inflicted the bullet wound.
UPDATE 10:56 p.m.: “Be advised Coast Guard is responding with a twenty minute ETA,” the dispatcher tells the ambulance that is responding to Conklin Creek Road.
UPDATE 11:07 p.m.: “Ambulance is en route to the landing zone with the patient,” said personnel at the scene.
UPDATE 11:22 p.m.: The patient is being onloaded into a helicopter,” reports Petrolia Fire.
UPDATE 4/2: The shooting was allegedly not an accident and a man has been arrested. See that story by clicking here.
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A .44 mag is a very powerful weapon. I hope she’s ok. I’m praying for you
A .44 magnum shot to the chest, I seriously doubt the victim will survive.
I seriously doubt you have a soul for saying that.
Having a soul has nothing to do with it. Just stating a possible fact.
Then explain your reasoning for making such negative assumptions about someone’s life. Did you really need to throw that out there? No, and it was beyond inappropriate.
<<<<<<I'm rolling my eyes on your last statement. A .44 Magnum to the chest, think about it brainiac. You no doubt don’t know what a .44 Magnum is. My original statement did not mean I hoped I was right. Does EVERYTHING you see have to be explained to you in detail? In your case, common sense is not so common.
Most gun rights advocates say that a pocket knife is as dangerous as a handgun, so I would expect she has a good chance of being just fine, if this is true.
That’s just awful.so young I’m praying for you young lady hang in there.im praying and sending you love God bless
Yes……darned guns!
so it was the gun, yeah ok. so if someone gets hit by a car do you also automatically blame the car? your logic is not too solid, especially having very little information to go on besides that it was accidental.
i hope she makes it.
Or it was a person with a gun. If someone get hits by a car, we assume it wasn’t a car designed solely for the purpose of killing people.
Elmer Kieth designed the 44 magnum to give greater range and terminal ballistics for hunting. FOR HUNTING GAME ANIMALS…not people
Darned idiots is more like it.
Praying for her, people survive crazy things all the time, hope she is one of them and makes a full recovery. Mentally and physically!!!
At 7:30 a.m. we received a telephone call from the 24-year old female this morning. She is doing well after her surgery. We want to give a shout-out to the Petrolia Volunteer Fire Department, to Dr. Peter Nash, to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department, and to the ambulance and air company that responded in such a swift manner in this matter.
Thanks for this information. We have a great community that pulls together in the Valley. Hope she is back with family soon.
Can I ask if her name was Kaitlin
I only ask because I have an old friend that lives out there and she hasn’t responded to me at all today
120 minutes for Reach? Wow, so much for the ‘golden hour.’
thank god for the Coast Guard with a 20 min response. Hope the feds don’t close Humboldt Bay offices.
Sincerely hope she made it through the night.
Accidental? Really?
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Prayers to the victim!