HCSO Identifies Wade Harris as the Man Found Shot Dead on Old Harris Road in Southeastern Humboldt
Wade Harris
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
On August 14, 2020, at about noon, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by an out-of-area attorney regarding a deceased possible gunshot victim at a property on Old Harris Road in Garberville.
Deputies arrived on scene and located a deceased male victim lying in the driveway of the property with what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was recognized by law enforcement and his identity later confirmed as 38-year-old Wade Daniel Harris.
Also, while on the scene, deputies located and detained one male subject. The subject declined to provide a statement to law enforcement.
Deputies collected evidence on scene and the subject was released pending further investigation.
An autopsy of Harris is scheduled for August 18.
More information regarding this investigation will be released as available and appropriate.
Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
Earlier Incidents Involving Wade Harris:
- Wade Daniel Harris Arrested in Sonoma after 12 Hour Manhunt
- Probation Search in Garberville Yields Meth Plus More
- Fortuna Police Arrest Local Motorcyclist for Waving Stolen Pistol at Fellow Driver
- Law Enforcement Is Attempting to Locate a Suspected Hit and Run Driver in Shively
- Fleeing Cops, Driver Heads Wrong Way Down Safety Corridor, Reaches Speeds of Up To 100 Miles Per Hour
- Wade Harris Arrested in Arcata
- Wade Daniel Harris: Arrested Again…and Again
- Wade Harris Arrested, His Bail is $500,000, and DA Fleming Says He’ll Have to Prove Money He Posts for Bail Has Legitimate Source
- Wade Harris Arrested After Struggle With Deputy Today
- Vehicle Belonging to Wade Harris Burned Alongside Hwy 36 After His Arrest Yesterday
- Wade Harris Arrested With Stolen Vehicle, Says EPD
- Law Enforcement Searching Salmon Creek After Thieves Seen on Camera
- After Manhunt Yesterday, Two Men Arrested in Connection With Ripoff in Salmon Creek Area
- Missing Woman Located in Salmon Creek; Believed to Be Associated With Sunday Burglary, Says Sheriff’s Office
- Wade Harris Released Just After Midnight Yesterday
- Wade Harris Back in Jail, Says Sheriff’s Office
- Hearing Tuesday for Wade Harris; DA Fleming Explains What’s Up
- Due to COVID-19, Changes Were Made to the Bail Code That Allowed Wade Harris to Walk Out of Jail on April 30
- Death Investigation in the Harris Area
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Well, thats a predictable outcome.
Wade succeeded in living his life to the fullest. He loved to rob and steal from Humboldt County Citizens. He lived his life with adventure and passion. One thing I am sure all of you would like to do is to die doing exactly what you love doing; and thats what Wade Did; he died doing what he loved and lived to do; stealing from his community. We can even call Wade Harris Successful! Lets rejoice in the fact he died doing what he loved: robbing and stealing!
? Amen
Turn out the lights..the party’s over…..
First comment in what I predict will be a few hundred!!!!!
I have nothing bad to say about Mr Harris.
Everyone else will do that for me!!!!
Edit…. damn… beaten by a minute.
Kym, do you have ready access to a “greatest hits” album on Harris, and/or a listing of current charges against him pending in the courts?
I’m also super hopeful that his family will sue the court system / jail for releasing him… maybe he’d still be alive if he was locked up like he should have been. That might could be enough to make them actually start doing their jobs. Can you even sue “the court”? Judges probably have some sort of exemption.
Don’t get me wrong, this is a way better solution; but looking forward maybe the system can step up and protect victims so new victims don’t have to live with that heavy burden.
Updated with it.
Rock and roll! Always impressed by your dedication to your craft!
Kym Kemp is the best news person around here.
Not exactly. Her showcasing violence and wrong doing far over contradicts her comment section policing. What am i to think ? The ‘Good News’ section has a single articale that lasts for weeks while the ‘Crime’ section needs a scroll bar. i’m perplexed.
Go watch sesame street, that’ll cheer you up. Practically all positive.
Except the Cookie Monster.
Mark of Fortuna, you don’t have to be on this site. Some of us appreciate Kym’s reporting. Have a nice day.
I would like to talk to you..huge failure of the system and so sad for so many
My email is [email protected]
Hey Kym
Is there an address on Old Harris Rd where this occurred?
I don’t have it and would be unlikely to give it if I did given the circumstances.
Sure, the courts have some blame for releasing him over… and over… and over…
But c’mon. If he hadn’t made such terrible life choices, he wouldn’t have needed to come before the court in the first place. Put the blame where it truly belongs – at his own two feet.
Personal accountability is a foreign idea to the bleeding hearts.
Yes, conservatives are masters at personal accountability. Just look at our national/ foreign policy. Full of introspection and humility.
Our foreign policy in the current administration has been the best and most effective in your life time.
Now that’s funny
Best JOKE I’ve heard in AGES!!! ROTFLMAO
Trump hasn’t started a war, I give him that.
And your hero, Obombem, came into office with 2 going, left with 7.
O and the kids in cages started with Obombem too.
It isn’t as straightforward as the media would like you to think.
Good points furies. Funny to watch people argue over who’s pile of shit of a political party smells “better”.
Drinkin’ that right-wing kool-aid again? That shit rots your mind. It’s just a different kind of meth.
Really ? Peace between the UAE and Israel and no war with Iran is pretty great. What the hell happened to isis? Guess they disappeared with Obama .
Amen to that
Exactly. You can surely see those who are so easily brainwashed by CNN, MSDNC and most media outlets as nobody has time to sig for facts. We’re all being brainwashed and libs lineup like a bunch of sheep headed to slaughter.
trump has the fine distinction of being one of the few presidents to NOT begin a hot military conflict anywhere. remember when the democrats posed as party of peace during the bush administration, yet all those protests evaporated under Obama?
What flavor was the Kool Aid that you drank?
Truth! Thanks y’all this forum ROCKS! Thanks ?? to everyone! Perspection is the key ?!
yes, because democratic presidents never frivolously go to war, and the further left you go on the political spectrum, the more butterflies, unicorns and rainbows you win.
But a government that actually serves the people cannot afford an inflated military presence worldwide, and govern its own people to the best and highest good. How can we not enforce our – x-(put whatever you want for “x”) worldwide, through violence, intimidation, and intentional, coordinated, worldwide neglect, without the might of the arms forced to back it up. How can we express freedom all over those damn heathen forces without it? Unless you’ve got some pill that’s gonna make all these dudes stand up for the gol-durn anthem it can be 3 lefts make right for all iCare. I ain’t buying it!
It really got me when they let him go after robbed and tried to burn that cabin down with the blow torch. I guess finger prints are only in the movies.
If that’s directed at me, you got me wrong. Dude is of course responsible for his actions, and he gets to reap the results in Hades now. In fact, I’m making memes using his booking pics. He’s a world class shitbird and a real menace to good people. Correction: he WAS.
What I was saying is that the jail refuses to hold people, Maggie refuses to file cases when the jail actually does hold them, the courts refuse to toss these dirtbags into prison when Maggie actually files a case; [edit] In fact, in my perfect little world, not only would Wade’s grieving family (’cause everyone loves they baby, even if they baby is a d-bag) sue the jail, courts and Maggie, but the person that had to shoot him would sue the jail, courts and Maggie for putting him in the position of having to do that. What’s the mental fatigue that he’s going to live with worth? A few million at least.
Making these failed systems pay money is the only way they will learn to do their jobs.
Judges have immunity.
And the left wants to defund the police.
Sad but true.
Wanting to reallocate funds into systems that are proven to be effective, would appear to be less than ideal from the point of anyone who cannot see that what we’ve been doing for years doesn’t work, hasn’t worked, has never worked. That lack of recognition is part of the breakdown. The overlooking of the buffoonery, the weird finger-pointing justifications. The late night tweets about foreign leaders and domestic policy. The same tweets that damage both. No responsibility, only blame. The lack of action on our part, and on our behalf as a public. It’s all part of the breakdown…. This guy needs to have a shoe thrown at him. He’s Clownshoes. BUSH (J.H.W.B. Jr) had a shoe thrown at him. Throw a shoe at this guy maybe he’ll shape up. Anyway don’t get too worked up about what’s going to happen. They’re not going to to do anything because they’re too wrapped up, burning our time and money Trying to decide who’s going to give us how much, or how little of our money, and who’s name will ultimately be on it. Fuck them. They’re like self chumming sharks.. More than happy to play the game jump off the top ropes for the camera. But won’t take the time, nor make the effort to study what real, unglamorous, infrastructure exists, the money flow within its district, for the betterment of the people governed.. But we’re not going to do anything, because we never have. Doing stuff is for other places. We express our freedom at other countries. We virtually spew it. We need to understand just a bit deeper what we should be the most free from.
Really? Blame the system? The family should sue/ What about the family that failed to raise a decent human being, shouldn’t they be the ones responsible for this dude? Why not sue them for cutting him loose on society? All stupid suggestions. This sounds just like our Democratically run state alright. Make someone else responsible for your problems.
Everyone thinks they know what the fuck they are talking shit about. Rite off the bat y’all think he was robbing an stealing. This isn’t the case SOME REAL LIVE PICE OF SHIT. AN YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. CALLED HIM SAID HE NEEDED HELP, WADE went to go give a helping hand. An THESE PICE OF SHITS THAT WERE HE SO CALLED FRIEND. Called upon him for a helping hand. AN THE PICE OF SHIT SET HIM UP TO BE TAKEN FROM HIS FAMILY. EVERYONE SO QUICK TO JUDGE THE NEXT PERSON. BUT POINTING FRINGERS AN THROWING ROCKS WHEN EVERYONE OF YOU LIVES IN GLASS HOUSES. SHAME ON YOU. REST IN PEACE WADE
How do you know this? If you have some credible source for this, my email is [email protected]
If Harris is mentally ill (and he is) isn’t it the court and legal systems responsibility to contain him, not let him back into society?
Word is the cops kept letting him out because he’s a snitch. If true the cops are way beyond worthless and totally responsible for someone else serving justice
Although I don’t live in the area I’ve actually shown a bunch of news articles from this website to my friend who works narcotics for a living. He’s seen all the big heroin busts and is well aware of the Wade Harris phenomenon (As well as many other local legends). Long story short he said there is no doubt the drug agents in your area have an “Extensive” network of informants. The local prosecutors would be part of these arrangements as well. The size of your dope busts for a county with a relatively small populations is very uncommon.
Yes. Isn’t Humboldt special…
Yes it definitely is special. I feel blessed to live and raise my kids here. If you don’t like it here don’t let the door hit you on your way out. We won’t miss you either.
If by “special” you mean that Humboldt County has one of the highest property crime rates in the state, here are your stats. “The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Fortuna is 1 in 28. Based on FBI crime data, Fortuna is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to California, Fortuna has a crime rate that is higher than 88% of the state’s cities and towns of all sizes.” (Best Places.net) “. Namely, among cities with a population of at least 20,000, Eureka has the highest property crime rate in the state” (Lost Coast Outpost.com)
So a little reality check. cops do NOT decide what charges to file, who goes or stays in jail or even how long they stay in prison. Cops only arrest on probable cause and submit a report of facts the DA actually files charges based upon information gathered. the old cops let em go due to snitching is a myth. The courts and DA have let people out for 30+ years that should have stayed in prison. Years ago they let a child molester have probation that was HIV+ and the cops wanted that guy put away for life. It was in the paper late 90s or early 2000.
It is no wonder so many people like him come up dead or missing. If the cops are not allowed to do their job people will begin to protect their homes, family and community the best they can legal or not.
Most police officers are just as frustrated as the citizens in this state. They’re literally not able to do their jobs because of the beocracy they’re controlled by. The police department and the court system has been turned into a revenue generator for the stat. This is why you’ll see multiple police units searching a person on their way to work in the morning on the side of the freeway. While less than a mile away numerous bums conjugate in the middle of town defecating and urinating on the streets, while doing drugs with not so much as a order to move on..
I can hear them now….
Is are was were be been am being…
Is are was were be been am being…
Is are was were be been am being…
Tell it to the Judge.
Local Farmer,
Wade was a lot of things but I guarantee you he was not a snitch,
you go ahead and say your b******* that you don’t know nothing about but remember if you didn’t know him as a personal friend you shouldn’t talk shit that is not true.
Wade had more heart and more respect for his real friends than most of you people that talk s*** on here.
What makes him any different than most of you,
Maybe he took things that didn’t belong to him but it’s no worse then most of you who grow it illegally and sell it on the black market !
A felony is a felony so what makes you any better than him.
Next time you want to flap your mouth about something you know nothing about,
Then maybe you should take the time to to really know the person that you are talking s*** about.
I guarantee you, if you got to meet him and know him I’m sure you would have liked the guy.
Wade was a father, and son, a brother, and a very good friend
And he will be deeply missed.
I doubt that will be happening, his father is connected to the Hells Angels. He stole over $300,000.00 worth of professional hunting equipment, video equipment, bows, guns, ammo, China, savings bonds, SSI numbers from me at the Airport Storage in Fortuna. I am only one out of hundreds in Humboldt! He will rot IN HELL![edit] Get off your pink cloud and wake up!
Why would somebody keep $300,000 worth of guns and equipment and whatever you talk about in a storage unit on airport road.
Sounds to me like you’re the one doing something wrong !
Meanwhile, over on LoCo, this man’s mother has written a heartbreaking obituary for her son, acknowledging his bad choices and practically begging for people to be understanding and civil. The tone over here is shameful. This man is dead, let his family grieve.
I don’t know how to view this, having never met the man, but it seems like you wouldn’t want this guy lurking around your neighborhood. I can’t say that this is a surprise. It probably saves a lot of people some money, time, and worry about their well-being and their belongings. I guess he had pissed off too many people.
Don’t let your kids do drugs, people.
Although sadly, it was bound to happen with the path he has taken in life. I have known him since he was a child, he and his 2 other brothers. He definitely went down a long dark road and I guess he was caught this time and that ended it.
THE WORLD IS A DANGEROUS PLACE, NOT BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO DO EVIL, BUT BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO LOOK ON AND DO NOTHING
While I realize his family and friends loved him and will miss him, I also hope that they realize that he was so far down the road of self destruction that he was a threat to all including himself. My family was one of the many that he terrorized. It started with him trespassing on our rural property, a dangerous confrontation which turned into months of him stalking us, threatening and pulling fire arms on us. It was all reported and in the end he did very little time and was soon back out in society stealing and assaulting people. It’s a shame the justice system couldn’t have handled this appropriately and gotten him some rehabilitation. Where ever he went he was high, Armed, dangerous and looking to take what someone else had worked for. Who ever did this, has actually made many, many people feel safer and probably saved some lives.
Sad but true
He is the middle child of three boys, just FYI.
Your point?
I was correcting “concerned citizen” comment
Man. Didnt see that coming ?
@Guest/pdftt or whoever it is that is attacking Kym Kemp. First off, he has had a gun on him and brandished it or fired shots in almost every incident in Sohum. During the Shivley police chase he hit and ran a car with a mother and daughter in it. He has also killed people, just nothing became of it because it was all in the drug world. He also tied up and beat an older man in Redcrest where there was No Weed at all! So trust me, you don’t know him as well as you think. There were so many pics of him from security cameras from all over our town trying to get in peoples houses, we learned every car he drove. The Sheriff’s told us to do this. He was a serial home/property intruder. And intruders should and always will be seen as a high risk threat! Kym was a local hero by helping everyone including law enforcement by reporting so well on him. And there were so many other encounters that didn’t even make the news. Kym would only report things that were reported to LEO. he’s lucky she didn’t report everything she heard off record! She was as fair as she could be. Between Kym’s reporting and neighborhood watch groups that again the Sheriff’s told us to create, we ultimately created a high sense of awareness for him and others criminals. And will continue to do so. And there is no regretting our community effort to stay informed, United, and protected. And Unless you were actually with him or dropped him off to attempt his robbery gone bad than how can you say for a fact that he wasn’t armed when he was caught and killed ? We’re you really there? Is that why his rig was seen the next day? Because you were driving it back from a robbery gone bad? And what do you mean it was a set up? How does that work? Did they put up a sign that said Lots Of weed to steal -this way — knowing he might be around and couldn’t resist? You do realize he just was caught ripping off another farm a week ago? Trying to convince us that Wade was safe man and just wanted to politely steal is simply a lie.
Thank you to the person that was brave enough to deal with this menace to society. No sympathy for Wade .
If the legal system won’t protect you…
Funny how you don’t want to put your name to being happy about someone’s death. Maybe he was a menace, but your comment [edit]
Your tune would be different if he had robbed you at gun point or your loved one. I dont have to put my name and what difference does it make . You sound like part of the problem. Poor criminal.
well i guess you or your family shouldn’t be in the drug trade…. cuz those were the only people he robbed.
That’s a) Not true– For example: “he allegedly tried to rob an auto parts business and led police on motor and foot chases throughout the county, according to the sheriff’s office” https://www.fugitive.com/2010/05/21/wade-daniel-harris-arrested-in-sonoma-after-12-hour-man-hunt/
b) Not relevant–It doesn’t make him some sort of Robin Hood to steal from marijuana farmers and keep the money. He took what other people worked for. And carried guns at least some times while doing so. He terrorized entire neighborhoods and drove recklessly endangering a number of people.
I understand loving someone in spite of their criminal behavior. I have people I love in jail. But it doesn’t do anyone any good to pretend that their behavior is excusable.
Auto parts store owner/staff could still be part of drug trade. Doesn’t change the validity of your points though. Just sayin cause it is soooo common to stereotype small hardworking business owners and anyone who has a legit job das if they don’t do sketchy things too.
Im not saying he was a good person, but he was a drug addict. I never understood why you hated this guy so much. The funny part is Wade and your brother were good friends.
I didn’t hate Wade. I did my job. Reported on a guy who kept getting into trouble.
Twisted, trying to shove other people’s bones in someone else’s closet, sad, very sad indeed. I wanna know the dude he was with in the Jeep Cherokee last week, he still around or did he high tail it out of the area after the incident.
There was no jeep Cherokee. Tweeker that got shot lied about everything except the fact he got shot.
Hey guest JustSayin. You sound extremely ignorant with a comment like that. Your also part of the problem and your words prove it. I need to say no more.
Your funny, I think I know more about this case then you. No, I dont rob people nor do I use drugs. I think its funny that keyboard warriors, who no anything about this person , but what you read and hear thought the rumor mill. I did know this guy , from the law enforcement side. Just saying theres more than most people know.
This guy went 100 mph into oncoming traffic on the corridor. What more do you need to know? I know all the other stuff he did too. Bye bye. Sweet justice has been served.
Hey Kym, although it sounds juicy and could probably shed light on the confidential informant theory, I heard this 2nd hand and don’t want to bring anymore Drama or grief to the parents. Feel free to remove the comment. I tried and couldn’t edit it anymore.
And if you like calling me names , put yours out there and I will do the same. stop being a keyboard warriors. Maybe move out of your moms house and get a real life.
A robber and thief is a robber and thief regardless if they point the gun for peanuts or cocaine. Your point has zero validity; your reasoning that it is acceptable to steal from cannabis farms is exactly why people get shot and buried in these hills. End of story.
You didnt put your name either. Smartie pants and read the other comments everyone feels the same . And you are the problem. Period.
When the system fails you create your own system ….. I’ll never forget chasing wade off at gun point squatting / stealing from my neighbors house in the cove …..this story will end up on season 2 murder mountain ⛰??♂️
Karma has finally caught up with Wade. Yippee. Thank you citizen, and I hope you are exonerated of any wrong doing.
This nonproductive member of society got what was coming to him. Shame on the courts for not holding this outlaw behind bars due to Covid. I hope this gets national news attention as to possible outcomes for the thousands of murders, rapists, thieves and Pedophiles that have been released early from prison and jail due to worries they might get Covid! I’m just another citizen that is tired of paying taxes only for them to be used to protect outlaws instead of law abiding, hard working citizens! This piece of dog dew came to my property a few weeks ago making threats. I immediately went out and bought a handgun. RIH MF
I never had a run in with this guy although I did live in New Harris area for years. Rumor has it he was staking out robberies in no. mendo & as far south as willits. I think his not being held had much more to do with his being a “CI” or snitch than anything to do with covid
You people and your lies of him coming with guns is complete bullshit. Was Wade a big tough guy? Are you all that big of sissies you need a gun to defend yourself against him? This was flat out a set up planned and dope growers with sohum egos that had to hunt another human down and shoot him multiple times when he had no weapon and wasn’t going to hurt any of you. Wheres all the marijuana and stolen things he was out they way so said stealing in that area as public facebook posts were posted? Wade Harris was set up and sent out there to be hunted by you sohum criminal dope growers that most have cocaine, pill, drinking, or all the above problems yourself. Im sickened and disgusted by the things you so called good people you think you are have the nerve to comment with. I can’t wait until the real criminal dangerous rips offs show up and do what you lie and say Wade was capable of. Then what? Whos your next victim on your list to murder? May your crops become seeded or mother nature give you hell and your greed seeds loss your profits cause murders belong in jail. I would rather have a Wade Harris around than humans who hunt and gun another unarmed human down.
There are too many people in this county he’s robbed and used guns in the process. I’m pretty sure they’re not ALL lying.
Pathetic to try and justify or defend this man, I’m sorry he conned you to the point where you would stand up for him. I have a hard time with vigilantism, but this time, I can not help but give a sigh of relief that he will not continue his incessant terrorism of his own community. There comes a point…..
I understand loving someone and grieving their death but it doesn’t do any one any good to pretend that Wade was non-violent. Here’s just one piece where Wade was caught brandishing a firearm: https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2013/jun/10/fortuna-police-arrest-local-motorcyclist/
Kym another one of if you knew the truth. You don’t say a word about a mother who runs down her own daughter and another girl then tries to have her son lie about what happened knowing she did this. Where’s the hunters all ready to get her cause after what 8 months she back in Humboldt and you think your family’s safe with a true killer not a small time past theif that never murdered in cold blood and accidental caused a death in an wreck he wished never happened is the only time a life was taken not on purpose like your all celebrating it yippie sohum can get away with murder once again
I have no idea whether Wade’s death was justifiable homicide or not. If not, I don’t support it. I don’t wish vigilante justice on him and have deleted all comments that advocated for violence.
I know it hurts you to see that Wade was hated in the community and you want to flail at everyone to make the pain go away. If you can, don’t read the comments. I’m sorry for your pain.
Yeah, blame Kym. Sheesh. Personal responsibility. He made his choices. He got his 15 mins. of fame. Dark and misdirected as it was. He chose his own fate, time and time and time and time and time again. Never was going to end well maintaining whatever he felt was necessary. Sorry for your loss, only one person to blame …WH. RIP
Well Kym, throwing so many weak examples of his misdeeds out there really weakens the case. If we as a society were to execute everyone that ever brandished a firearm that would be insane. Dope growers are like the mafia and that’s exactly what this was a mafia hit no more no less.
If Wade was merely walking down the road and got shot, that would be an execution. If he came to a property in the middle of the night, brandishing a firearm while committing a robbery, shooting him would be self defense.
“Dope growers are like the mafia”. Most ignorant comment of the day award!!! Brandish your firearms on your own property. Brandishing one on someone else’s property will get you justifiably shot.
if it WAS a set up, it was exceedingly well planned and. ah, executed…
There are number of different usernames who seem to have been at the scene and know “exactly” what happened.
Must have been quite the crowd.
That’s sarcasm, btw.
I am a tax paying citizen, I am tired of seeing my tax dollars used to lock people up continuously for petty crimes, time to execute pedophiles and rapists and violent criminals and set up civilian work force for smaller crimes. Why do we pay to keep these people housed and fed? Waste!
This is good news, it shows one more example of why we need to defund the cops and free the prisons; society will take care of the troublemakers and thieves. There is absolutely no point in funding police, instead people need to begin policing their own communities and enforcing their town rules. We wouldn’t have these druggies all over town if we left it to community policing at night. Take back our Humboldt Streets.
Somebody must have done somebody wrong. This may have been a new wrong, or it may have been payback for a cold wrong.
Not Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song!
Scrolling through “greatest hits” list I don’t see any real violent crimes, etc, mostly just robbery? Was it that he always getting into people’s dope?
@ Guest
Evading the police at dangerous speeds, evading while driving the wrong way on a highway is incredibly violent and shows zero concern for the lives of others. If he had crashed into other vehicles, with innocent people in them, there could have been many deaths at his hands. And that’s not even mentioning drawing weapons on people . It’s sad a family has lost a son and a brother and father, but he didn’t do anything to avoid this inevitable outcome, he seemed to rush right into it.
Thank you for helping to put some perspective in this. I always wonder how much was fact or urban legend. Like the propane torch burning the porch railing. Seems like this would have effectively burned the place down. Always the potential the torching could have been done after the fact to make him look even worse.
Funny the article about high speed wrong way down safety corridor is not the truth and still Kym keeps it up. It was his vechile but not him in it. He went to the arcata police when his name was coming across scanner and proved to them hey ? im right here so you know its not me running or driving the car. There’s others she keeps up that are also not true. But believe everything you read people and think murder is okay and your safe now Wades dead. He wasn’t who you should be scared of coming for you then taking your crop they will kill to get from you. Sick world its become
I reached out to the EPD at the time you (or at least I assume it is you) requested to check on the situation. EPD spokesperson said, “The vehicle was reported stolen on November 22, 2019. The title looks like it was signed December 2nd. The incident with Wade Harris occurred on the evening of December 8th and he was booked into jail until just after midnight on December 9th. The incomplete application for registration is dated December 9th….The case is being forwarded to the DA’s office early this week.”
While Wade was certainly entitled to a fair trial, the EPD believed they had a case against him.
the only case is going to against them. They were wrong, he legally bought the vechile, the beat him up, kept his money, took things that they never returned only gave back a few items I guess they must of not wanted to take home. Hope you feel good trying to make a murdered man look like so much crime hes done when how many your articles have been proven to be him guilty of by a court of law? Are you going to retire now? Happy you helped fuel the fire for the hunt of a unarmed man’s life and multiple gun shots he occuried and left dead at a legal grow like your son and you do right?
Does Wade bear any responsibility for how he terrorized the community?
yes he does. Its sad he was always playing with his life and others.
You really want to go down that road, sad so hum. Looking pretty pathetic yourself, and who are you trying to convince. Knowing the truth usually makes me feel better and not inclined to spin the narrative. Know what you know. Nobody else really cares at this point. Just noise.
Always robbing people. Who cares what he robbed, are you saying its ok if it was cannabis?
Whoever pulled the trigger should not be held accountable for protecting his property. Oh that’s right. He won’t get in trouble cause there is zero bail and he might get Covid.
As “muricans’ we ain’t too smart and don’t want to be. I can see the beginnings of legend for Wade. It’s what happens when you spin bullshit too long, people come to believe it. My family was always kind of hard. They thought rabid dogs, 2 legged or 4 legged had to be put down
That sounds pretty “muricans”right there.
And Humboldt County gets to put another notch on it’s belt of weed related deaths.
That’s money related deaths actually. Blaming some tweeker ripoffs death on weed is ignorant. But hey let’s blame the guy who had to defend his place against a home invasion because he grows weed. Makes about as much sense as blaming a woman’s body for someone trying to rape her…. doesn’t make sense at all!
Raping a prostitute is a crime. It’s just a lot harder to legally determine if it was a rape or just business as usual. Same with pot growers.
You correlate prostitution that destroys the very sole of human beings to cannabis. Man your a trip.
“…blaming a woman’s body for someone trying to rape her”
This here illustrates the all-too-common perspective of those who choose weed farming as their profession: you live your entire life in a self-enclosed, self-serving cultural bubble wherein comparisons like this make perfect sense. It sounds like this guy got what was coming to him (for a long time). However, illicit weed growers are not good guys either. Normal people understand this.
Your weed is not a human body.
Yes blaming the victim is blaming the victim. We are talking about a very hard working farmer with a family protecting his homestead. You have no points just bigoted ignorant insults hurled at cannabis farmers. And you wanna act like your better and throw insults at somebody you know nothing about.
Very stupid of you to go ‘there’ buddy. Just saying; do you know any women at all?
Clearly incel.
Sorry the point went over your head creeker. Blaming the victim is blaming the victim. I used a clear example and you [edit] got triggered. [edit]
I’ve read your many comments. You must be an LEO and painting with a broad brush. Cannabis is legal.
“I’ve read your many comments.”
You “read” them, alright. Just not very closely. Review my above comment again. See the word “illicit”? Maybe you skipped that one. I’m talking about illegal grows, man. Illegal. I realize the operation in this particular article was permitted. My point is that the legacy of illegal marijuana in this county, which is responsible for staggering levels of environmental pollution and social rot, doesn’t just go away when the trade becomes legal. I’m wholly supportive of permitted grows. But I’d bet a whole lot of those growers started out as illegal, and they will never be held accountable for practicing a black-market trade that has attracted the vast majority of this area’s criminality. For decades.
“You must be an LEO”
I love this. It’s an excellent illustration of the self-enclosed bubble I mentioned above (you read that part, I hope): in a grower’s mind, anyone who is critical of the growing cultural (for the above reasons I pointed out) MUST be in law enforcement. Because the ordinary, honest, and tax-paying members of the public think growers are HEROES. Trust me, friend, most people unconnected to the trade don’t view growers in flattering terms (again, for the above reasons).
Do you know any cops that write like this? There’s your answer.
I remember you also: you’re one of the people who’s frequently here lamenting the “injustice” of busting giant, exploitative, polluting, greed-factory grows. Or, as you call them, “mom and pop” grows…
Yeah, there are a lot of “ legal” grows and farms out there are equally environmentally destructive. And that doesn’t pertain to just cannabis specifically. There are good people on either side of “legal” cannabis cultivation. Having a “permit for cultivation” doesn’t make one a Saint. I am fairly certain Humboldt would have fallen even deeper into “social rot” without cannabis cultivation, as other sources of resources for the county like timber, and such have been grossly mismanaged, and sent into a state of disparity. 90% of the Redwoods Are gone. Green diamond doesn’t even mill the limited resources they take here anymore… it is most likely sent straight to China. No doubt the green rush has its share of bullshit… but to blame all of Humboldts problems and economic failures on “illegal cultivation” is also short sided….
Spot on smallfry. Not all permitted farms are clean and many umpermitted farms are environmentally sound. Only bigots and LEOs like to paint with two colors and broad strokes.
Property being robbed is property being robbed. We all have a right to defend our property and livelihoods. Wade got shot cause he robbed from the wrong person. He got exactly what he was looking for. End of story!
No [edit] he got set up by them. An they murdered him an are clearly gunna get away with it. Because even the law didn’t like wade an those pice of shits new this is one murder that they would get away with. Fuck all of you what goes around comes around in this like
” i hate weed so everything I text must be anti-weed”….. blah blah blah, blah
Did anyone report seeing a group of armed citizens carrying flaming torches?
LOL – no, they only do that during the rainy season – fire danger this time of year, don’t you know?
It was only a matter of time that this happened he has ripped off so many people. Honestly it was just a matter of time before he did it to the wrong person
Mr. Harris was involved in predatory behavior and knew the risks. I am really curious about how it went down though!
Was he caught on the property, dealt with accordingly and then relocated to the driveway for curbside pickup? Either way, it sure seems like the Would-be victims kept a very cool head.
Since the police were called by an out of town lawyer and the suspect refused to make a statement, the answers will likely come from the trial. Or plea agreement.
He probably called the attorney after the shooting and was told to not say anything until he was present
Or press release stating that no charges will be filed.
Never ever talk to the police. Period!
Nobody seen nothing.
Misdemeanor homicice?
HCSO begins investigation of 7,461 possible suspects…
It’s like that ‘Who Shot Mr. Burns” Simpsons episode
Lmfao
Well,well,well:
Lol
Paralyzed his own son in a dui accident. Wade Daniel Harris is the worst scum this county has ever known. He has robbed so many good people! I know dozens of suspects but I’d chalk this up to suicide and let it slide he won’t be missed.
Coroner: “Looks like he caught himself by surprise!”
Perfect!
You’d think nearly killing your own child would be a big enough wake-up call to turn your shitty life around, but some people are slow learners I guess.
I’m here just for the comments..
This happed because the humboldt county sheriff is garbage!!! A bunch of war veterans with ptsd and guns running around with badges that won’t protect our community! We must protect ourselves.
I can’t help but wonder if his crimes were committed in the middle of Eureka if he would have gotten out of jail as quickly or at all. Being that his victims were mostly rural cannabis farmers it seems that that it wasn’t that urgent to keep him in jail where he belonged.
Don’t wonder. There any number of apprehended criminals in Eureka who are repeatedly released with court dates before the arresting officer gets back to the station. The only difference is it takes less time to be re arrested because of the drive time in the hills means its easier to get away with crap.. Which is of course why so many illegal pot growers are out there in the first place.
Can’t grow good outdoor on the coast.
Exactly, its not urgent to keep criminal scum in prison housed and fed, it is urgent to keep ourselves armed and protected. Time to stop looking for the government to protect us. Arm yourselves and protect yourself. This is the most sane approach. Stop looking to the government for safety and protection…
And good riddance to a blight on society…..low life thief who reaped what he sewed!!
Smoked meat!!
Leave it to Wade to try and steal more bullets than he could carry…
Shame on all of you
Seems like a clear case of suicide to me. Case closed.
“Multiple gunshot wounds” cause of death….COVID-19 for sure.
OMG you are bad!
But in all seriousness Henry, I suppose you’re right: Because of the virus many people are getting out of prison a little early, and perhaps Mr H wouldn’t have met his end in the town that shares his last name if he hadn’t.
This is an important issue, because many people seem to feel that vigilante justice is needed, so it affects everyone. I for one am a little uncomfortable with this, because where do you draw the line? Obviously if an armed person enters your property with intent to rob, well, c’est la vie, no? I wonder if Humboldt is the only place this kind of thing is happening, anyone know?
Saw that coming….. pos good riddance ya shit human. Never understood why people need to be poor AND trashy AND a criminal….he was a waste of air.
Could be and addiction to the adrenaline rush of stealing plus the money to boot
I won’t be losing any sleep over this, in fact I might gain some.
He brung it on himself.
This dude wasn’t much good but why don’t the shooters come forward with their story of this was a lawful kill? We don’t want assassins roaming our community enforcing the law. BTW, good shot if it’s true he had a bullet between the eyes but still the popo should check for gun powder residue.
I was wondering this also. If the shooting is justified why did the shooter call an out of the area attorney to call in a tip? Why wasn’t he forthcoming to police? There’s more to the story and this shooter is no Saint. Hopefully he watches life go by behind bars. Who thinks a life means less than weed he is no better than wade. His work keeps kids addicted
Barb you obviously have no idea the evil this guy committed. He stalked my family and town for 3 years . He was armed and passed verbal threats through the grapevine that he would kill me if he saw me . He senselessly best an old man while he was tied up and has been peddling heroin on top of it all. [edit] If you have no action by the DA then you have criminals doing what ever they want and the good citizens following the letter of the law . The sheriff is powerless without the DA pressing charges . She has failed this county .
Even if the shooter is in the right they can go behind bars if they make mistakes talking to the cops. That’s the lesson of the Mark Nelson case. Compromised himself in the on-scene investigation, got taken to jail, got attorney, got free with all charges dropped.
First thing is to let him bleed out, second thing is to call legal representation. Remember: if you speak to thebpolice you can really screw things up for yourself because police lie and twist your words around. You are always better to remain silent and demand legal representation of an attorney BEFORE AND DURING QUESTIONING. Good job whoever took care of this community problem. I am sure you saved many people many more future troubles. Keep silent and do exactly as your attorney says. Everyone here knows WH had it coming. Thank you!
Like my old gaffer used to say, “all’s well that ends well”
Well, it seems GOOD things DO still occur in this world!
The tragedy/comedy of his death is that even I, living away from Humboldt now, knew the second I read the first article on the shooting I said to myself “I bet it’s Wade Harris”.
I’m not the only one, obviously.
Hell of an epithet for a life wasted.
Epitaph…?
That too! Actually that’s better and probably what I meant.
Sometimes I yell nasty epitaphs at people.
Never saw that Chevy, never heard the devil laugh
Chalk line on the sidewalk was his only epitaph
Somewhere in the HCSO headquarters there’s a detective thinking “I just lost the greatest informant in the history of law enforcement…”.
I know the Harris family. He was raised in a good loving family. His mother is a gentle woman his father was a member of my church for along time. His other 2 brothers have had their share of trouble but seems to have straight up. I have lost contact with his mom. And his father has passed. Now his trouble soul is at rest.
There’s no rest in purgatory
T*** is at least 2/3 dirtball
T*** was my neighbor for about a yr. we had no problems with him. he was friendly, helpful & considerate of his neighbors. plus he worked 6 days a week. i like T*** and would like more neighbors like him.
only once did wade come here, and T*** wasn’t home. i knew nothing about wade then, but it was weird that he gave a me an anxious menacing feeling to watch him just walk around here…
So gentle she would lock her own kids out of the house for hours at a time? Gentle enough to break up a marriage? Yeah, she’s a saint.
The Mom abused those boys all kinds of ways. The Dad was a good man that didn’t seem to notice.
Keg at his funeral everyone’s invited to take pictures of his friends that will surely be there chopped the head of the snake and won’t stop till we eat the tale
Thank you…. To whoever did that.
I second that ! They deserve a statue and a song written in their name !
A statue in Garberville would be ideal to memorialize the hero!
Hip Hip Hooorah!
I wonder how many robberies he got away with, how many people he hurt and killed.
Where do you get your information. His son, not paralyzed and it wasnt a dui. People need to get facts straight or keep mouth shut.
So he wrecked and almost killed his son and ran so he wouldn’t get a dui ? Or what ? Please do explain as it seems you are just about the only one that saw any good in that tornado of theft you call a human . That heroin dealing, gun packing, vile load of excrement made his own bed and forged his own path . Live by the sword ……
Living with having killed someone is heavy, even if you are viewed as a ‘hero’ for doing so, and it was in self defense. Sorry for them.
To those of you upset that people are ok with Wade being dead you clearly have never been terrorized by this man. Your town, your neighbors, your family never have had to fear him? You are lucky, some of us weren’t. You clearly have no idea how it feels to be terrified to go home, so you don’t. He was a horrible human. To the person who made the decision to pull the trigger: you should sue the county DA and the state, and probably the last person who bailed him. You should of never been forced to make this decision.
I feel bad for the shooter; now the individual has to live with the fact that they took a human life.
On the dead man: society is better off w/o him, and may his family finds solace on the fact that he is no longer running around menacing other people (dope growers or not).
Smart move calling the lawyer first and waiting for law enforcement to show up informed. Nobody wants cops rushing in with guns drawn, even if it was self protection.
The shooter? You meant the numerous armed dope growing murderers who geared up and tuned cb radios to channel 8 and hunted an unarmed man down shooting him multiple times im sure in horrific way then dropped him off at a legal grow driveway and let a lawyer from out of town notify the police of a shooting at the location they left him dead from there victory slaughter. He was caught stealing at this location and had no weapon causing danger to these monsters lives. No matter anyones past this is a wrong horrible out right murder that the people of the area committed together. Its so wrong no matter who or how you look at it. It was murder by multiple Sohum men that belong in prison or along side Wade. Whats wrong with you people?
Jesus you are pathetic to defend this low life. Dude was garbage
Hey, was this JS’ property/legal grow?
Anyone know? I used to live on the Old Harris Rd.
It’s home to me.
I personally interrupted wade and his friends in a robbery and they were all armed and willing to use their weapons to escape. You are a liar to say any different. There was no hunting wade, I seen that on the local watch page about the CB’s and you are exagerating it to the extreme. he was a thief, a bold meth head thief, and if you steal from enough people eventually you get shot. I’ll buy that man That shot him a drink as soon as he walks out of the courthouse, which I don’t imagine will be long if he’s not out already. That’s what happens in a justified homicide. Play stupid games, get a stupid prize.
Your 100% rite “so-hum hunts humans” , neighborhood knew he was there Saturday night. Messages were spread through the neighborhood he was on AP road and cops were informed. They said they were understaffed and didn’t care about dealing with this garbage again. [edit]
What’s wrong with you? Wade made his choices. He has been a thief and a criminal since he was a teenager. I’m surprised he wasn’t killed sooner. I hope this sends out a very clear message to other habitual thieves and scumbags. Your day will come. If you cared about this guy I’m sorry for your loss. But I’m not sorry that his reign of terror is over. He gave nothing back to society or his family or community. He was a true piece of shit. A scourge. His karma came back and raged him one final epic time. Good bye
How do you know this?
I knew him and all of his low life adventures. Duh!
[edit] Wade got what he was searching for. Good riddance!
Finally!!! My wife and I we’re just discussing his release with a couple of friends at lunch today. We couldn’t understand why the locals hadn’t done this earlier. [edit]
Too much respect for him. Not the kind of outlaws I grew up with and looked up to.
Remember when the left told you that you don’t need a gun because the police would protect you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHQkdjJigqU
30 seconds
Welcome to Portland. Full of Wades.
That vid leaves out the part where the guy nearly run over protesters and crashed his truck. Not condoning his getting kicked in the head though. The original protesters were just trying to detain him then the violent ones showed up.
Though what that has to do with Wade Harris I’m not sure.
None of the video I saw showed him trying to run anyone over. He was trying to flee an attempted assault. If you have additional video I’d like to see it.
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1295256521136316417?s=20
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=261105&ec=1&ch=twitter
You mean the asshole who was driving around Portland with no license plates on his redneckmobile [edit]?
[edit]
I don’t know what was edited out, but promoting kicking someone in the head because he was “driving around Portland with no license plates on his redneckmobile” seems extreme. BLM inc decries cops being jack booted thugs only to become jack booted thugs.
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
― Friedrich W. Nietzsche
Are you sure they were BLM?
Self identified.
The kicker:
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1295394137554878464?s=20
The narrative:
https://nypost.com/2020/08/17/blm-mob-beat-white-man-unconscious-after-making-him-crash-truck/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Thanks Ullr,
Having family who are participating in the Portland protests and some sympathy with the goals of the protests, it was sickening and useful to watch the links.
I think the video is instructive for all of us who consider ourselves revolutionaries of one sort or another. I have been pondering the myth of innocence that we all try to paint our lives (and our revolutionary urges) with. I will be thinking about these scenes for a long time.
That I recall I’ve only ever directly seen one person kicked in the head; it was a cop kicking a passed out drunk man. Both of them were white.
Yeah, it was pretty violent to see those actions, there was another protester in the video who also dragged the guy out of the street when he was unconscious. Having friends and family in Portland as well, I have to say, I have had angry right wing folks in vehicles try to “run” people and Protestors down on several occasions. Unprovoked. One guy was stopped at a red light, ran the red light and smashed to bits my friends antique bike… almost causing great Bodily injury and all in front of a cop who did nothing.. and let the guy go! All unprovoked. I don’t think the solution would have been To return violence.. but I did want to not see him not hurt Anyone else.. so what do ya do? Seems to me the video may only be telling one side to the story possibly.. A vehicle can also be a weapon against pedestrians and protestors in situations like that…
I think it was reading Nietzsche that lead me to a commitment to examine myself first (after blaming everyone else before I paused to think) when I took action to “improve the world.”
Funny thing about reading Nietzsche though, the exhilaration of thinking myself superior and the ways he was obviously pointing at other people’s flaws almost lead to weaponized smugness. I understand why his thinking has been seen as dangerously inflammatory.
Self-examination will do that… depending on how far someone takes it.
Ignorance
To knowledge
To knowing you’re ignorant
Well said, and thank you. An educated, thoughtful, and correctly spelled post is such a pleasure among this lot.
He crashed the truck trying to get away as they all laughed at the collision.
I’d like to see additional video proving you point also Angela.
Maybe I just wanted to see who would pop up to defend the rioters / terrorists …you did.
There are over 125 comments on Wade …I
We won’t know if there will be charges for the shooting or not…. brought up another bit of violence since you libs won’t ever see it from the MSM.
Tell me Angela why don’t you want people to know?
Did you pick up that nonsense from BLM or make it up yourself? He crashed his truck trying to *avoid* a mob.
The Wade issue has to do with the legality of guns if growing weed, my post has to do with the legality of guns if police aren’t there to protect you , as the video shows,…ok Angela? Don’t think I need your permission to post what I choose.
Now you live in Oregon, yet everything you’ve said about the riots there has been shown to be false….so many videos and tweets all you have to do is google it. Ignorance is one thing deliberate ignorance is another.
Nothing wrong with shinning a light in the darkness. Especially when censors object.
“The original protesters were just trying to detain him then the violent ones showed up”. ..you mean just showed up for the last 80+ days?
Who the hell are they to detain anyone? That’s called kidnapping, nice word play though. Ya, and trying to burn down buildings is JUST a weenie roast right?
Especially if you’re yelling fry em like bacon.
Detaining someone that committed a crime is not kidnapping. Better be right about the crime part though
According to the Portland PD:
“Investigators learned that the victim may have been trying to help a transgender female who had some of her thing stolen in the area of Southwest Taylor and 4th Ave, the location where this incident began. ”
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=261105&ec=1&ch=twitter
It doesn’t say he was trying to help the trans woman at all dude. Quit twisting shit to fit your narrative. Not defending anyone in the situation either. No idea what happened and you don’t either. It says ppd is still trying to locate a. Trans woman whose shit was stolen where the incident happened. That could mean the guy was involved in stealing the woman’s shit
” may have been” who’s twisting?
Don’t need to have an idea when you see a gang attack and a man kicked in the head like it was a soccer ball. It ain’t right under any circumstances… he wasn’t even fighting back.
It is a quote from the Portland PD press release. If you have something to add you should speak with them.
LOL! Perfect!
Don’t mess with the East Side….
He died doing what he loved.
Y’all are beatin’ a dead horse.
Where’s the sense in that?