Local News
Pot Garden Fatal Shooting
Investigation Underway
Curtiss Kim
7/28/2010

A man who aimed a rifle at a Mendocino County Sheriff's officer has been shot and killed.  Authorities say the shooting occurred just before 7 yesterday morning in a large illegal marijuana garden on Forest Service land in northeastern Mendocino County. The suspect, who appeared to be in his 20s, carried no identification. The officer has been placed on administrative leave, which is protocol following a shooting. Three Mendocino County officers, five Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management officers, and a dog were investigating the garden.


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