UPDATE, 1:52 p.m.: From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
On 05-04-2015 at about 12:12 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office responded to Marshall Lane off Highway 96, Hoopa, regarding a 30-year-old male victim, who had been stabbed. The male victim reported to the Sheriff Deputy he was walking northbound on Marshall Lane, when an unknown male subject came up from behind him and stabbed him for unknown reasons. After the victim was stabbed the suspect took off running on Marshall Lane.
The victim described the suspects as: a Native American male adult, approximately 6 feet tall, 185-210 pounds in weight, clean shaven, wearing a black hooded sweat shirt. The victim did not know the age of the suspect. The victim was transported to a local hospital via an ambulance. The condition of the victim is unknown at this time.
Deputies are currently on Marshall Lane attempting to locate the crime scene, any possible witnesses and the suspect to this assault.
Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.
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UPDATE, 1:25 p.m.: The helicopter that had been sent to meet the ambulance from Hoopa at Berry Summit was unable to land, due to weather conditions. The ambulance is continuing to Mad River Community Hospital.
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At about 12:15 p.m. today, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center received a call saying that a stabbing had just taken place on Big Hill Road in Hoopa.
No name or specific addresses were given in the initial call. However, a few minutes later word came back that the victim in the case had arrived at an ambulance base in Hoopa. A call went out for a Medivac helicopter to meet the ambulance at Berry Summit.
Meanwhile, police are currently searching the scene of the crime, interviewing witnesses.
We will update this story when we have more information. For now, here are two moments of scanner traffic relating to the incident, from around 12:15 p.m. and 12:23 p.m.
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