On Monday morning, March 30th, Del Norte Sheriff’s dispatch received multiple reports of shots being fired near the 2400 block of Railroad Ave. at approximately 2:00am and Deputies arrived on scene within about five minutes.
Responding units also heard gunfire in the area and followed those sounds to a particular residence. Additional evidence was also located on scene. Deputies attempted to make contact with the occupant of the house and although he would verbally communicate, he was highly agitated and not cooperative with multiple requests to exit the residence.
A mobile incident command post was delivered by the Del Norte Sheriff’s Search & Rescue and a perimeter was established around the home. Crescent CHP and the Crescent City Police Department assisted. Crescent City Fire & Rescue provided equipment for lighting.
As negotiations continued with the resident, a firearm was brandished at law enforcement. An arrest warrant was requested by law enforcement and authorized by a local magistrate for the arrest of the individual.
Dialogue continued between the occupant and a Del Norte Sheriff’s Office negotiating team. At about 7:00am the individual peacefully surrendered and was taken into custody. The house was checked and found to have no other people inside of it. Firearms and other evidence were seized.
Sheriff Apperson said “I’m grateful we were able to deploy the sort of tactics and resources that allowed this event to end peacefully. I’m not only proud of, but grateful to everyone that showed up, including our dispatchers. I’m also thankful that the individual involved ultimately chose to cooperate. It could have ended a lot differently as we were not going to simply leave. We had a job to do and it was done very well.”
