[UPDATE 10:02 p.m.] 33-Year-Old Man With a Gunshot Wound in Eureka

Eureka Police vehicles outside the motel.

Eureka Police vehicles outside the motel where a gunshot victim was located tonight. [Photo by Mark McKenna]

At approximately 9:30 p.m., emergency personnel were dispatched to a motel on 5th Street in Eureka for the report of a 33-year-old man with a gunshot wound, according to the scanner. Personnel were told that there was no need to stage which usually means that the shooter is not longer on site but we don’t know the details of the incident at this point.

Eureka Police are requesting additional officers at the scene including a K-9 unit.

Please remember that we are gathering information from radio traffic and details may not be as first reported to 911.

Officers speak to people on the balcony of the motel.

Officers speak to people on the balcony of the motel. [Photo by Mark McKenna]

UPDATE 10:02 p.m.: According to EPD Sgt. Lenny La France, the man possibly shot himself one time in the leg. Eureka Police officers started first aid until an ambulance arrived and took the wounded man to St Joseph Hospital.

UPDATE Thursday: Concealed Carry Holder Shoots Co-worker in Leg While ‘Manipulating’ Firearm, Says EPD

 

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Crestfallen
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Crestfallen
6 years ago

Why are the motels with these incidents never named ?

Sharpen your pencil
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Sharpen your pencil
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

First time I’ve heard of this kind of shady stuff going down at the BW here. That title usually goes one of the local heroin inns.

Ice
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Ice
6 years ago

That one gets used for drug deals all the time…dont be mislead…

zerrodarkthirty
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6 years ago

How do you shoot yourself in the leg at a hotel??

Chongo
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Chongo
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Or playing Taxi Driver: Tweak edition.

The Old Man
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The Old Man
6 years ago

Not hard to shoot anything accidentally, including yourself, when you’re stoned out of your gourd.

ijustgotehere
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ijustgotehere
6 years ago
Reply to  The Old Man

Fun fact: Vast majority of accidental gun deaths are alcohol driven.

Boat.Life
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Boat.Life
6 years ago

Idiot of the year is gonna be difficult this year

LabeledaNazi
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LabeledaNazi
6 years ago
Reply to  Boat.Life

Dabs dude….lots O dabs man

Will Smith
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Will Smith
6 years ago

Best western rocks.

Me_too
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Me_too
6 years ago

Everyone needs a gun. We need to protect ourselves from these idiots.

Willie Caos-Mayhem
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6 years ago

The Best Western is one of those herion,hooker motels.

Miguel
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Miguel
6 years ago

Stayed there a few times, always nice. You spend much time there, Willie?

LabeledaNazi
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LabeledaNazi
6 years ago
Reply to  Miguel

Willie likes the clarion

Allen
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Allen
6 years ago

Did he shoot himself by accident?

gunther
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gunther
6 years ago

Well, it is the best western…..

homer
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homer
6 years ago

Anyone know what was going on in Fortuna today ? Many fire engines and police on the move. Seemed like a major incident wherever it was.