The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office today released the names of the three deputies involved in the fatal shooting of a suspect on July 26 in an area near Blue Lake. In a press release, the officers were identified as: Deputy Jonathan Eckert, with nine years of law enforcement experience; Deputy Cole Kane, with six years […]
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SECOND UPDATE: Victim of Fatal Shooting Identified
SECOND UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man fatally shot near Bridgeville on July 14 as Rafael Orlando Castillo-Cortes. He was 34. According to the updated release, Castillo-Cortes, a Sacramento resident, knew the man arrested as a suspect in his death. An autopsy is scheduled for later this week. UPDATE: The Humboldt […]
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CHP Officer, Suspect in Fatal Hoopa Police Shooting Identified
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office today identified Neil Johnson as the CHP officer who fatally shot a suspect in Hoopa on Sept. 17 and identified the man killed as William Burrell Nelson, 43. An autopsy determined Nelson’s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest. According to the news release, the California Department […]
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‘Armed and Dangerous’ Suspect Named in Arcata Fatal Shooting
The Arcata Police Department has released the name of the suspect in a fatal July 2 shooting. A news release states APD has secured an arrest warrant for 24-year-old Gregory Nelson Mattox, of McKinleyville, on suspicion of murder. He is described as a white male, about 5 feet, 11 inches tall, thin build with dark […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Shooting Near Swain’s Flat
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a June 9 shooting at a residence on the 19100 block of Highway 36 near Swain’s Flat that left one dead. According to a news release, a 46-year-old man told investigators that when he went to check on his friend, identified as 51-year-old Rico Johnson, because he had […]
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Fatal Shooting in McKinleyville
One person has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a shooting at a McKinleyville residence Saturday afternoon left another dead, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. In a news release, the HCSO states deputies responded to the 1200 block of Windy Road just before 1 p.m. on a call of an unwanted subject, […]
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UPDATE: DA Finds CHP Fatal Shooting in 2021 ‘Legally Justified,’ Family Has Filed Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming has determined that a California Highway Patrol officer was legally justified in last year’s fatal shooting of 35-year-old Charles David Chivrell, who had fired at least one round at officers before he was killed, after reviewing an investigation of the incident. “Once Mr. Chivrell pointed and fired his gun […]
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Second Suspect in Samoa Shooting Arrested
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports a second suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting in Samoa last month. Ian Rose, also known as Ian Pease, was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers in Crescent City on Dec 18 after a brief pursuit, according to the HCSO. Rose, 30, was arrested on […]
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Mother Ordered to Stand Trial in Fatal Shooting of Son, T-S and LoCO Report
The Times-Standard and Lost Coast Outpost are reporting that a Superior Court judge has ordered a Eureka woman to stand trial for allegedly fatally shooting her teenage son. Pamela Millsap, 38, is facing charges of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of child abuse. Read the full story here and here.
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Rio Dell Shooting Suspect Arrested in North Dakota
Police in North Dakota arrested Demetrius Coleman on Sunday and the Rio Dell Police Department announced today that he is the “primary suspect” in the fatal Aug. 29 shooting of Johnny Mack Renfro. Renfro was fatally shot Aug. 29 while walking away from his vehicle on Monument Road in Rio Dell. Authorities were unable to locate Coleman […]
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UPDATE: Victim in Fatal Rio Dell Shooting ID’d
UPDATE: The man killed last night in a Rio Dell shooting has been identified by officials as Johnny Mack Renfro. According to a release, video surveillance cameras captured the incident and police are searching for a suspect driving a dark colored car that is believed to have one or more broken or missing windows. PREVIOUS: […]
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Teen Suspect Surrenders in Fatal Arcata Shooting
A 16-year-old Manila resident surrendered himself to the Arcata Police Department this afternoon in connection with the fatal shooting of another teenager in what officials have described as a marijuana deal that quickly turned deadly. The APD said in a release that the agency will not be releasing the name of the suspect because he […]