Suspect Deceased Following Confrontation with Deputies
The scene of the officer involved shooting is being processed into the evening. [Photo from a reader]
On June 5 at 2:16 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) received a call reporting a male subject who had entered the Bear River Recreation Center (BRRC) with a bandaged, bloody arm and was actively dripping blood throughout the facility. HCSO deputies arrived on scene and determined that the subject was uncooperative but in need of medical attention. Emergency medical assistance was requested but the subject refused treatment.
At approximately 3:30 p.m., HCSO deputies cleared the scene and the subject agreed to leave. However, instead of leaving, the subject became combative and confronted the deputies with a weapon in a threatening manner. An HCSO deputy discharged their service weapon at the suspect, striking the suspect.
Emergency medical assistance was rendered immediately and fire and medical personnel were dispatched to the scene. The suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The suspect is a 29-year-old white male adult. He does not appear to be a resident of Humboldt County or affiliated with the Bear River Rancheria.
This case is currently under investigation. The Critical Incident Response Team has been notified and will be investigating this case alongside the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office and the HCSO Major Crimes Division. This investigation is predicted to last several hours, and the roadway will remain closed for evidence collection. This incident was witnessed by several people at the scene and was captured on body-worn camera.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the HCSO Major Crimes Division at (707) 268-2539.
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Solved one guy’s problem.
It’s an ongoing tragedy we have so many people with so little regard for their own lives and/or so tenuous a grip on reality.
Humboldt is full of people with a tenuous %rip on reality. Can’t remember a neighborhood with out 1 or 2 . It started as a mining area. So it began with more then it’s fair share of weirdos.
Colonization and the trauma associated with it started with miners. There were plenty of people here before that. They’re still here too.
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Maybe BR Counsel shouldn’t have disbanded their Police Dapartment last month. Maybe they could have changed this outcome and solved it the right way.
Maybe dude shoulda sat down, taken a bandage, and gone home. Instead it sounds like he decided he wanted to be the center of attention one last time.
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