[UPDATE: Suspect Arrested] Man Reportedly Armed With a Shotgun Flees From Blue Lake, High Speed Chase Ends At Crescent City Motel, 101 Shut Down
At approximately 7:30 this morning, a man who was reportedly armed with a shotgun was allegedly confronted by employees of the Play Station 777 which is just down the road from the Blue Lake Casino, according to information on the scanner. Witnesses reported that a number of law enforcement responded soon after that.
The armed suspect fled first on foot and then in a vehicle, according to reports over the scanner. There was a high-speed chase north on Hwy 101. Reportedly spike strips were deployed.
The armed suspect again reportedly fled on foot to the Crescent Beach Motel just south of Crescent City. There are reports of a possible hostage situation. We do know that at 11:27 a.m. one law enforcement agency offered a hostage negotiation team.
The Del Norte County Alert system sent out this at 9:56 a.m.:
Armed individual:
The Del Norte Sheriff’s Office is currently dealing with an armed individual at the Crescent Beach Motel.The area will be blocked to traffic. Avoid the area and use alternative routes. We will adivse further information when available.
We’ve requested information from both the Humboldt and Del Norte County Sheriff’s Departments but have not received responses in this ongoing and very tense situation.
A California Highway Patrol dispatcher has confirmed that Hwy 101 is shut down south of Crescent City due to “an incident.”
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
UPDATE 11:45 a.m.: A CHP helicopter landed nearby. Conner Cochrane shared this on the Del Norte and Curry County Scanner Feed and we’ve embedded it below.
UPDATE 12:30 p.m.: Caltrans District 1 tweeted at 12:27 p.m., “US 101 through Crescent City is closed due to law enforcement activities. CHP has set up a detour using local roads, and motorists should expect minor delays.”
UPDATE 1:31 p.m.: According to a post by the Triplicate on Facebook a few minutes ago,
An armed robbery suspect from Humboldt County is currently holed up at the Crescent Beach Motel with an unknown weapon, according to the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office.
There are no hostages, according to Del Norte County Sheriff’s Cmdr. Bill Steven.
The unidentified man fled in a vehicle from the scene in Humboldt county and was spotted traveling northbound through Klamath by a Yurok Police officer, Steven said.
For more on what the Triplicate learned, click here.
UPDATE: Suspect in This Morning’s Armed Robbery Taken into Custody
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Who said all the NUTS are on the trees??? It looks to me like a significant amount of them including the unhousebroken Orangutan currently stinking up the White House, are running loose!!!
Don’t forget your President when you’re giving thanks next week!!!!! 😉
Same as the last guy except orange vs. mocha. Wake up!!!!!!!
And, by the way, not everything involves the President. This story almost certainly does not.
Thank you for commenting, seems like it’s a default Trump fault…to these other wise ones.Heres a poem … two men looked. Thru jail house bars… one saw mud,one saw stars😋
Why don’t you look at the Democratic Party that has been runnning this state. Liberals and Democrats are yo blam in California for this mess. Let theives run free and treat everybody fairly!?!? How about locking up criminals and bitch slapping people that need it. Stop being PC and grow some balls
Dan, I find it just a little absurd that you’re taking a story about a guy with a shotgun fleeing on foot into a motel on Hwy 101, and making it into a political soap box against the current president. I mean, regardless of what anybody thinks of the present administration, don’t you think that’s reaching a bit far? Comments? Feedback?
Trump Derangement Syndrome. Everything that is considered bad is blamed on Trump. Even events that occurred long before he ran for office. Very common mental problem amongst trolls.
There just still angry….. it’ll subside
By jumping on the band wagon to dump anger about the prez shows little problem solving ability.
The driver is probably going thru some kind of mental crisis due to a poison, drug, or something.
Neurological damage for sure.
Same thing with our POTUS except his drugs are “Legal” it’s a known fact he uses “Legal Speed”!!! Why else would he be awake in the middle of the night
& tweeting what few brains he may have out???!!!
Rumor has it that once the unredacted FISA Docs are released and discussed, we will all become very aware of why POTUS and his helpers can’t sleep at night.
I’m surprised more Trump haters aren’t demanding for them to be released ASAP.
Do they know something I don’t?
Things that make one go “hmmmmmmm”.
i see the word fact but i dont see any
My feelings on the matter are as follows they’re both a danger to themselves as well a others!!! Agent Orange is dangereous on an Intrnational scale whhereas the nut job in the article only a local influence!!! They both should be locked up & the key melted into Slag!!!!
I think you need to use relaxation techniques, I.e. self-medicate. What proof do you have that T-rump uses legal speed? Because he tweets at early hours? Maybe the issues bother him so much, like myself, he’s up early. Or maybe he has a tweet proxy.
Okay, Dan. Whatever you say, Dan. Donald Trump, a guy with a gun running into a motel on Hwy. 101 . . . Donald Trump, a guy with a gun running into a motel on Hwy. 101. Got it.
Three mineral waters that can remove aluminum from the brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0XpLAduXrg 8:48 January 2017
Wow unhinged much get a life!
Hatred the likes of which Dan F. puts on display here will most certainly lead him to an early grave, plus will make whatever time he has remaining quite unbearable, both for himself and for those around him who must listen to his spewage.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trumps-administration-providing-support-fight-california-wildfires-help-affected/
If Trump were doing as horribly as you make him out to be…. This dude wouldn’t be running, and he wouldn’t need a hostage 😂
Thanks for the info.
WE PAY CHP $100,000 A YEAR OR MORE PLUS BENEFITS. NOBODY CAN END A PURSUIT? RIDICULOUS
Weed deal gone bad?
Anything is possible. Hand guns are probably much more common than shotguns at weed deals b/c they are much easier to conceal. If I were to blindly speculate, I’d pick something else.
Something to do with money, almost for certain.
Praying 🙏🙏🙏
Tell Zoroaster I said hello.
Clearly aliens have abducted Big Foot and are attempting to flee.
Lol. Yep