Sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a man near Blue Lake last night as deputies prepared to serve an arrest warrant, according to a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Police released few details immediately about the incident that occurred around 8 p.m. on the 1300 block of Glendale Avenue. A press release from the […]
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UPDATED: Officer-involved Shooting Suspect Wanted for Murder of David Ganfield
2nd UPDATE: EPD Chief Andy Mills has confirmed that the man shot by DA investigators this morning was Nickolas Ryan Joseph Johnson, a suspect in the April 28 deadly assault of David Dwane Ganfield. Johnson has been wanted in connection with Ganfield’s death since April 2015. Mills said DA investigators had “him on the run” and […]
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Mills Releases Details of Officer Involved Shooting, Identifies Suspect
At a press conference this afternoon to discuss Sunday’s shootout that left a California Highway Patrol Officer wounded and a suspect dead on Q Street, Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills said the involved officer showed incredible discipline in the face of a dangerous, dynamic and intimidating situation. “As we grow up, each of us looks […]
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DA Probing Borges Death
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office has initiated a review of the June 13, 2014 in-custody death of Daren Borges, who died hours after being booked into the county jail by Eureka police officers. Borges’ sister, Stephany Borges, filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit last week, alleging officers acted negligently in booking him into jail […]
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Shooting Highlights Differences in Local Policies
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the deputy who shot and wounded a suspect during a December car chase today after a shooting review committee found he didn’t violate any departmental policies or procedures. The announcement comes as similar departmental policies and procedures throughout the nation are coming under scrutiny. Deputy Scott […]
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UPDATED. CHP: Suspect Attacked Officer with Machete Before Fatal Shooting
Update one: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the person killed: Hoopa tribal member Richard Fredrick Tis Mil Estrada, 17, of Hoopa. Update two: The California Highway Patrol says the officer involved in this incident, Tim Gray, was discharged from U.C. Davis Medical Center today. ——— It was a surprise machete attack that […]
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EPD Chief: Shooting Appears Justified
The preliminary findings of an ongoing multi-agency investigation indicate Eureka Police officer Stephen Linfoot was justified when he shot and killed 22-year-old Thomas “Tommy” McClain shortly after midnight on Sept. 17, Police Chief Andy Mills said at a press conference this morning. Mills said McClain was defying officers orders and reaching for a replica handgun […]
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Scenes From Friday’s Shooting Vigil
Friends and family gathered Friday evening to remember Thomas “Tommy” McClain, a 22-year-old Eureka man fatally shot by police early Wednesday morning. The shooting, which occurred as officers held McClain at gunpoint in front of a residence on the 1600 block of Allard Avenue, opening fire when he allegedly reached for a gun, is currently […]
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THIRD UPDATE: Police Shooting Victim Named
UPDATED: Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills said this afternoon that a gun was recovered from the scene of an officer involved shooting that occurred on Allard Avenue early Wednesday morning, and pledged that the ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting will be thorough and objective. “Yes, there was a gun recovered,” Mills said, adding that doesn’t […]