[UPDATE 10:02 a.m.] Man With Gunshot Wounds Found South of Manila Dies Early This Morning
At approximately 2:15 this morning a gunshot victim was found south of Manila. “A male victim shot six times,” the dispatcher tells emergency personnel on the scanner at that time.
A vehicle possibly associated with the shooting was found just east of the reported incident.
Emergency personnel later reports from the scene that a 20-year-old male is the victim. One reports, “…Medical subject is awake and somewhat coherent. He’s got a gunshot wound to the right side of his head and one to the side of his abdomen.”
Later discussion on the scanner indicates that the suspect victim went unresponsive and CPR was administered. He began breathing but had a weak pulse.
Hwy 255 was temporarily closed.
We have a request in for more information to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. (Note: Original information said the man was found in Manila Park. We’ve updated to indicate that the victim was found south of Manila.)
UPDATE 7:51 a.m.: Lt. Ken Swithenbank of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the gunshot victim is now deceased. He told us by text that the man was “located in the roadway of hwy 255. Died of gunshot wounds….No arrests made at this time.”
UPDATE 10:02 a.m.: Armed Robbery Suspected in This Morning’s Homicide
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I think that makes 22 homicides in Humboldt county this year
Too many for a quiet rural area!
How many were stabbed? I know two of them were ran down by with a jeep. (Unfortunately)
Wow. That’s my home town.
Above, the gunshot victim is also described as “the suspect”. Is that correct?
I have fixed that but scanner talk was somewhat confusing on this as at least once it appeared that the man who was shot was also referred to as the suspect.
I think he was caught robbing so he was both a suspect and a victim.
Kym, is this #22 or #23? Has the girl dead in the shower with a sock in her mouth “Chive blog Info”, been ruled a homicide?
also can you start a page with a photo and a name for each homicide victim. This will allow us as community members to be aware that these humans no matter what they were doing were taken away by someones rage. We must all see these faces and decide if we want this to be our new norm.
I second that. It would make for a good awareness article of what’s going on around here. Or possibly wait till early January for it, just in case this madness is not over yet this year. We’ve already had far to much as it is.
Agreed.
I am the mother of the victims girlfriend.I want to say that he will be greatly missed and my prayers to his family and my daughter
Rest in paradise
So was he the suspect or a victim?
Maybe he was the suspect in the robbery but also gunshot victim?
Why do people assume the worst of others from use of verbage used once in an excitable scenario. It never ceases to amaze me how cruel and critical our society has become.
What ever happened to Love your neighbor and innocent until proven guilty.
Judge everything and draw your own conclusions.