[UPDATE Wednesday 9:27 a.m.] Gunshot Victim in the Petrolia Area

At approximately 5:30 p.m. today, emergency dispatch received word that a person had been shot in the leg in the Petrolia area near “Lighthouse Beach.” Presumably this is out Lighthouse Road. Law enforcement and an ambulance are responding with lights and sirens. An air ambulance has been requested.

A BOLO (Be on the Lookout) is being broadcast for someone headed from the Petrolia area.

UPDATE 5:58 p.m.: The sheriff’s Department is actively looking for “the shooter.”
UPDATE 5:59: REACH 18 (medical aircraft) has a ETA of 45 minutes.
UPDATE 6:02 p.m.: One of the Sheriff’s Officers responding just reported a traffic collision in the Wilder Ridge just before Ettersburg. The victim was in a solo motorcycle accident.
UPDATE 6:10 p.m.: The Reach aircraft has been cancelled but Fortuna ambulance is still responding.
UPDATE 6:45 p.m.: According to the officer at the scene, the gunshot victim is also suspected of assaulting women with rebar.
UPDATE 7:11 p.m.:The gunshot victim became combative and then dispatch lost contact with the deputies who were on scene with the combative individual.
UPDATE 7:25 p.m.: The person who was initially called the suspect is now being called a Good Samaritan by officer on scene.

UPDATE Wednesday 7:27 a.m.: According to Petrolia Fire Chief Travis Howe, The gunshot “victim” “attacked a lady in the camp ground with a piece of re-bar and then another that came to her aid before more campers stepped in. After further advances by him, he was eventually shot in the lower leg and tied up.”

UPDATE Wednesday 9:27 a.m.: https://kymkemp.com/2016/08/10/petrolia-man-shots-another-to-stop-him-from-beating-a-woman-with-rebar/

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Mogtx
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7 years ago

More dope deals gone wrong imagine that.

Diz
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Diz
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

Hey idiot cant you read. The guy got shot because he assualted a women with rebar.

the misadventures of bunjee
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the misadventures of bunjee
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

Mouth of the river with only one road in/out is really not the best place to make a deal. Keep trying tho.

Just Saying
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Just Saying
7 years ago

This is not a dope deal, I would assume. Some strange folks were reported hanging out at the campground there.

NoHum
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NoHum
7 years ago
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Yeah, sounds like a dope deal.

Canada Goose
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Canada Goose
7 years ago

did you dummies not read the article? This was not a dope deal. This was a heads up Good Samaritan who intervened during an assault. He could have killed the assailant, but he took him down with a perfectly placed leg shot. Someone needs to buy that guy a beer.