Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming has concluded the Eureka Police Department officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 51-year-old Eureka man last summer were justified in their actions. John Karl Sieger, a military veteran, was reportedly intoxicated and suicidal when he raised a pistol at officers during a tense standoff at a home […]
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EPD Releases Review Board Findings in Police Shooting
The Use of Force/Shooting Review Board called earlier this month by Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson found officers performed properly at the scene of a July police shooting that killed 51-year-old John Karl Sieger. Sieger, a military veteran, was reportedly intoxicated and suicidal when he raised a pistol at officers during a tense standoff at […]
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EPD Identifies Man Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting
The Eureka Police Department identified the man killed in an officer-involved shooting Thursday night as John Karl Sieger. He was 51. According to a news release, the names of the officers involved will be publicly released by Aug. 3 and the Humboldt County Multi-Agency Critical Incident Response Team is investigating the shooting at EPD’s request. […]