Detectives Investigating This Morning’s Fatal Shooting Near Fort Bragg

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A shooting near Fort Bragg this morning has resulted in a fatality, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Captain Greg Van Patten confirmed this morning.

Captain Van Patten told us the shooting reportedly occurred around 6:05 a.m. on Highway 20 near Fort Bragg. The shooting victim was “self-transported” to a nearby hospital and was “pronounced dead thereafter.”

The investigation is in the “beginning stages” as of 9:00 a.m. and Sheriff’s deputies and detectives are on the scene.


Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.

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K11111
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K11111
1 year ago

That’s a huge bummer. Able to drive themselves there but ran out of time because it’s a rural area. Condolences to the family and friends.

Praying they find the culprit.

R.B.
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R.B.
1 year ago

So sad. A good man gone. Condolences to the loved ones.

Bug on a Windshield
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Bug on a Windshield
1 year ago

My condolences to the friends and family of the victim.

Kym, any word on the details of an OD of a 20something female and coroner request at a known drug house in the Pine Hill area? I believe it was Thursday afternoon/evening. I heard about this through a friend who lives in the same cul-de-sac of said drug house. The friend came home to a street full of multi-agency law enforcement. Shortly after CHP left, coroner arrived. Word is a bolo was issued for a vehicle that came and went, speeding, shortly before law enforcement arrived. This is second hand, but, I trust my friend.

Kym Kemp
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1 year ago

Sorry. No, I don’t have anything.

Bug on a Windshield
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Bug on a Windshield
1 year ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Thanks anyway. Nothing against you and your outlet, but, Huh!?!! Every six to nine months I hear tales from my friend (as I roll my eyes thanking some god that I don’t live in that cul-de-sac) of the goings on at this drug house. Residents have been arrested on multiple occasions; each time the neighbors think it’ll get shut down for good. Now, maybe with a death, not just from the products coming from the house, but, on premises, it’ll get shut down. My friend said they are not holding their breath.

My condolences to the extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles) for the loss of this 20+ girl. Unfortunately, I have a hard time feeling for the parents since they were, are, the ones running this high traffic drug house.

BBL
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BBL
1 year ago

Why don’t you do somthing about it and let the sheriffs know your insider information if you care so much about what’s going on there.

Bug on a Windshield
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Bug on a Windshield
1 year ago
Reply to  BBL

Nothing I have posted is anything close to insider information. I know no more, in fact less, than what a neighbor told my friend, which is what the sheriffs know or are willing to tell. If I know the place has been busted, then the sheriffs know since they are doing the busting. If I know the coroner made a pickup, then the sheriffs know since they are calling in the pickup. This is why I asked a news outlet. But, thank you, BBL, for your concern.