[UPDATE: 3:20 p.m.] Suspected Burglar Shot in Shelter Cove

Emergency vehicle. Cop car light bar

Stock photo by Oliver Cory

This morning Sheriff’s deputies are on scene investigating the report of a gunshot wound associated with a possible burglary in the Redwood Road area of Shelter Cove. According to Lt. Kenny Swithenbank, “At this time it appears that the possible suspect in the burglary was the one wounded.”

Swithenbank said that currently the wound is believed to be non-life threatening.

UPDATE 11:45 a.m.: The suspect was shot with a non-lethal rubber shotgun round typically used for crowd control situations, according to Lt. Swithenbank. However, the person firing the round was not with law enforcement.

UPDATE 12 p.m.: Below is an image taken this morning.

Suspect being held by two residents.

Suspect being held by two residents. [Photo provided by a reader]

UPDATE 3:20 p.m.: 

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D to the Sea
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D to the Sea
6 years ago

Hell yeah . This sends a message. The cove has been dealing with this garbage every other week since last winter . About time !

Tyri
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Tyri
6 years ago

Nice! Ive been thinkin of getting one of those. Do they sell them at gun shows?Especially since the sheriffs where i live wont respond to burglaries, even with pics of the thieves with stolen items in their hands and we have the thiefs address.
I bet rock salt guns would work well too.

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago
Reply to  Tyri

It’s actually easy to make your own Rock Salt rounds!!! Open the shotgun shell dump out the shot (the BB things) then replace it with Rock Salt easily purchased nearly anywhere, then seal it back up & you’re good to go!!! Leave a Lasting memory of the “one who shot back”
on the criminals!!!!

Life is Good
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Life is Good
6 years ago
Reply to  Tyri

You can buy them at Brown’s in Gville.

Evan
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6 years ago

Wether you have a gun or not you can get insurance that will protect you in case of legal action from an incident when you protect yourself or your family for as low as $22 per month. Your home owners insurance will not help. See the website I included.

F. Lee B
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F. Lee B
6 years ago
Reply to  Evan

So not true.

elvis costanza
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elvis costanza
6 years ago

How’s that whole burglary thing working out for you, Dipshit?

Cove guy
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Cove guy
6 years ago

Nice way to go shelter Cove this is how a community should deal with scum like this. Two thumbs up shelter Cove

Cove resident
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Cove resident
6 years ago

Whoever fired that rubber bullet is a hero! And the Shelter Cove community, especially the R.I.D.government should support this person and all the locals who came together to protect its community! Someone has to do it! And it was a Fact that a home was being burglarized yet again! The p.o.s. was caught on camera!

Brouhaha
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Brouhaha
6 years ago
Reply to  Cove resident

Glad everyone’s realizing they need to come together and help out if they want the bad guys gone! The people are more powerful & successful. I found that out.

Andrew
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Andrew
6 years ago
Reply to  Cove resident

Spot on. Should be given an award.

DELUSIONAL LIBERAL
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DELUSIONAL LIBERAL
6 years ago

What does “However the person firing the round was not with law enforcement” supposed to mean???? If you are burgled are you supposed to wait for them to bring the rubber bullets?

anchor
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6 years ago

Don’t worry, do not use force it could cause trouble, our good liberals in California are anti gun. So when a thief is robbing your house, and you are there, and you have only a few seconds to live, don’t worry the police are only 20 minutes away.

Lost Croat Outburst
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Lost Croat Outburst
6 years ago
Reply to  anchor

When seconds count, the police are only minutes, days, or months away. Or wrong jurisdiction. Oh, sorry, just another gun-loving liberal chiming in. Say, why did patriotic, loyal conservatives vote America into the toilet with DJT? Wow, that sure worked! USA circles the drain, Putin is dancing his Slavic Happy Dance. Thanks for nothing.

Lisa
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Lisa
6 years ago
Reply to  anchor

Why do you live in California if you feel that way?

Guest
Guest
Guest
6 years ago

Ha Ha Ha! The thief didn’t know they were rubber bullets. Must have scared the crap out of him! LOL!

Concerned citizen
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Concerned citizen
6 years ago

Haha. Good job citizen!

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago

GREAT job…!!!

Cove dweller
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Cove dweller
6 years ago

The cops werent responding until the dude was shot. Out here we have to look out for our own. The words out. Think twice before before ripping people off out here.

Brouhaha
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Brouhaha
6 years ago
Reply to  Cove dweller

Of course they weren’t responding….until the dude was “shot.” Why, why, why. They’re supposed to serve and protect, no matter what. Always. Not just when someone is bleeding…

BonnieBlueSky
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BonnieBlueSky
6 years ago
Reply to  Cove dweller

Cove dweller sums it up nicely, I think.

Pinch of Salt River
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Pinch of Salt River
6 years ago

Burglar will be out in a couple days, but the possession of rubber bullets and gun may put the homeowner/victim in jail for a few weeks and cost him thousands.
Nobody wins because of that loser!

Brouhaha
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Brouhaha
6 years ago

Homeowner didn’t shoot him. All the neighbors came together & made this successful.

Heather Kornberg
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Heather Kornberg
6 years ago
Reply to  Brouhaha

Yes they did- heros and superwomen

Cove guy
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Cove guy
6 years ago

Rubber rounds and shotgun are 100 percent legal.

Charlie M
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Charlie M
6 years ago

This looks like someone we all know?? Is it? Cove local?

Truthy
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6 years ago

Lucky asshole. He could’ve gotten a real bullet. I admire the homeowners preparedness. 👍👍

Mommabear
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Mommabear
6 years ago

Why haven’t they named the burglars involved?

Hillbilly
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Hillbilly
6 years ago

Glad to hear that people in the cove are taking care of each other. Hopefully everyone keeps there mouth shut and no one gets in trouble except the burglar.

guest
Guest
guest
6 years ago

Unless the cops, fire department etc are already there, YOU are the first responder.

lorrie neuenfeldt
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lorrie neuenfeldt
6 years ago

Good job! He is a Hero!

Dirtywhiteboy
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6 years ago

Keep marijuana illegal

Heather Kornberg
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Heather Kornberg
6 years ago
Reply to  Dirtywhiteboy

Cannabis has nothing to do with this

Mogtx
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6 years ago

I suggest putting up servailence signs like I have .I love my servailence cameras I have 4 cameras they look in 4 different directions covering my home . I highly recommend everyone getting these systems here in Humboldt County now its Preventive maintenance my sign has a picture of a camera on it, so in case the perps can’t read they can figure that out it says 24 hour surveillance trespassers will be prosecuted, but with Maggie Fleming they might not be charged.

Maxmurder
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Maxmurder
6 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

agreed- but these guys will also find the dvr in the house and steal it too. needs to hidden or locked up in a safe, these fucktards had all kinds of lock picks in their pockets and a trunk full of tools for ripping houses off, they’ve been at it a while..

Lostcoast and found
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Lostcoast and found
6 years ago

Good job catching this wild turkey! hopefully he will be couped up for a while.

Maxmurder
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Maxmurder
6 years ago

…also put a padlock on your meter/panel, it’s easy to shut power off to the house to disable camera without a lock, I have a lock on my panel and my cameras and dvr have a battery back up available at Costco.

Heather Kornberg
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Heather Kornberg
6 years ago
Reply to  Maxmurder

Thanks for telling people- super smart- eliminate your post- why give knowledge to people???

Tanuki
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Tanuki
6 years ago

There’s an online company that sells all kinds of shotgun shells. Fioccchi.http://www.fiocchiusa.com
Check it out, they have many non-lethal options.

Greg Kornbergg
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Greg Kornbergg
6 years ago

Great work Cove watch! Consider helping the Dungess crabs with your next catch.

Karma
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Karma
6 years ago

Kim, why did you delete my comment? Alll I was saying that he is lucky is was just a rubber billet. I myself and many other people here in Shelter Cove are only armed with real live ammunition. I am not saying the suspect deserves to die, I’m saying home intruders beware. Not everyone has rubber bullets and if you try to grab my gun during a citizens arrest, or you break into my house with me inside sleeping, that’s your karma, whatever happens to you.

anon traveler
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anon traveler
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Hi Kim
criminals breaking into an occupied dwelling encounter California “Castle doctrine”
which states in “California Penal Code 198.5.

Any person using force intended or likely to cause death or great bodily injury within his or her residence shall be presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily injury to self, family, or a member of the household when that force is used against another person, not a member of the family or household, who unlawfully and forcibly enters or has unlawfully and forcibly entered the residence and the person using the force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry occurred.

As used in this section, great bodily injury means a significant or substantial physical injury.”

nb criminals on a “hot prowl/home invasion”
ie breaking into an occupied dwelling are held to the above..
they are presumed to have deadly intent in mind and homeowners responding with deadly force are within the law in California as stated above”

anon traveler

G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

Stand your ground!! Hip hip hooray

Pesticles
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Pesticles
6 years ago

The person that shot the round was not with law enforcement? So? That rubber bullet was traveling faster then any sheriff in the entire County! So now what

Pesticles
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Pesticles
6 years ago

I get my rubber bullets at Browns!
Haven’t had the pleasure to use them on Intruders yet.
I will continue to support Browns as I’m hearing bigger companies wanting to move right in next door selling the same type of goods which is unacceptable. The Chamber of Commerce should not allow these shenanigans of corporate business takeovers when some of our small town businesseshave served the community for three generations or more. Let’s continue to support our small mom and pop operations and against corporate takeovers people!

Boudreaux
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Boudreaux
6 years ago
Reply to  Pesticles

LOL. America is a capitalist country. What’s wrong with competition? Everyone always talks big before a corporate store moves to their town ‘I’ll never shop there’ but it doesn’t take them long to conform because it saves them money and they have no backbone to resist. Retail space in G’ville is owned by a few people who’ve increased rents so you can kiss most local businesses goodbye. Starbucks is coming next.

Karma
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Karma
6 years ago

Mr. Not-So-Sweet is the owner of the building (and the entire block) so that’s on him if he lets someone come into town and whipe Browns off the map. Wouldn’t be surprised in the least that guy is nothing but a power hungry narcisisist.

james
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6 years ago

yup-get ready for big box in Garberville—-the new sport store will possibly cause the downfall of at least four long time local businesses

R-DOG
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R-DOG
6 years ago

Right on you bagged a dirt bag I was hopeing to bag one this year but had no luck

Guest
Guest
Guest
6 years ago
Reply to  R-DOG

LOL R-Dog. And I don’t think you need any tags for those!

Capitalist pig
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Capitalist pig
6 years ago

Make sure you have a lethal round after that rubber buckshot or rubber bullet just in case he keeps coming I have one right next to my bed only one rubber bullet the rest are all leathal ,

Liberty or death
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Liberty or death
6 years ago
Reply to  Capitalist pig

For sure bro all slugs after the first rubber ball! If the ball isnt gonna stop em the slug will permanently shut ya down.
Hes lucky covesters were humane, up on murder mountain you’ll just disappear and become one with the mountain.

Anonymous
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Anonymous
6 years ago

Eric black

John doe
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John doe
6 years ago

Whats up i hear after they got taken away they dumped gas in the burglar car and lit there car on fire like it was nothing if your going to uphold the law then you should do it dont break the law and be scum like them but i would have done the same thing if i were in there shoes