On Tuesday, February 18, officers with the Eureka Police Department were dispatched to a residence regarding a report of a family disturbance just before 7:30pm. While officers were responding, it was reported that a male had been shot according to a Eureka Police Department press release.
Officers arrived on scene and located a 17-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound. Lifesaving efforts were performed by the Officers until Humboldt Bay Fire and City Ambulance arrived. The male was transported by ambulance to the hospital where he ultimately succumbed to his injury.
Based on the subsequent investigation, Detectives with the Eureka Police Department have arrested the victim’s mother, 38 year old Pamela Faye Millsap of Eureka for involuntary manslaughter. Millsap was transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.
This remains an active investigation and additional details will be released as appropriate.
On the following morning, just after 6:30am Wednesday, the Humboldt Bay Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at the very same address of the earlier shooting incident.
First arriving units found light smoke coming from the attic and eaves of a single-family residence. Fire crews made entry in to the residence and found a fire in the living room area with heavy smoke throughout rest the structure. Crews simultaneously attacked the fire, ventilated the structure and performed a search to locate any possible victims.
Fire crews were slowed by hoarding conditions and a second alarm was requested for additional manpower. Fire crews had the fire under control within about ten minutes. Nobody was home at the time of the fire, although a family cat and pet mice perished in the incident.
Humboldt Bay Fire contacted the Eureka Police Department to advise them of the fire as it had been the scene of a law enforcement incident the previous night. The Eureka Police Department had released the scene earlier in the evening and the fire was unrelated to those events.
Humboldt Bay Fire investigators determined the fire to be accidental. It was caused by combustibles too close to a floor furnace.
