District Attorney Maggie Fleming found officers “acted lawfully” when they fatally shot a McKinleyville man after a lengthy standoff at an apartment complex in August. David Alan Fulton, 59, who had a history of mental health issues, was killed about 2 a.m. after emerging from his flame-engulfed apartment and firing rounds at SWAT team members, […]
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Hoopa Killing Leaves County on Pace for Record 23 Homicides
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a homicide investigation after a fight in Hoopa turned deadly Friday night, meaning the county has matched a grisly, 30-year-old record with more than three months remaining in the year. Deputies were called to a residence on Shoemaker Road at about 9 p.m. Friday to a report of […]
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4th UPDATE: Suspect I.D.’d in McKinleyville Standoff
David Alan Fulton, 59, had a history of mental health issues and a collection of BB guns, according to friends who showed up to check on him during yesterday’s standoff at an apartment complex on Sutter Road in McKinleyville. The friends, according to Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey, had no idea that it was Fulton […]