REGIONAL: Sonoma County Sheriff’s detective involved in fatal Ukiah shooting

By Lake County News Reports | Dec. 23, 2017
NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office reported that one of its detectives was involved in a fatal shooting in Ukiah on Thursday night.

Sgt. Spencer Crum said the incident occurred at the Sunrise Inn, located on South State Street.

Crum said that at about 8 p.m. Thursday detectives located two armed suspects at the hotel.

An armed male subject leveled a gun towards detectives and the shooting ensued, Crum said.

One of the detectives shot an undetermined number of rounds and a male suspect was ultimately taken into custody, according to Crum.

Crum said the second suspect, a woman who was with the armed male, was found deceased in a hotel room from a gunshot wound.

The origin of the gunshot that killed her is under investigation, Crum said.

Crum said the incident is being investigated by the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office.