UPDATE, 5:50 p.m.: First he was a murder suspect, then he wasn’t, then he was again? Lt. Wayne Hanson of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office tells the Outpost that his agency developed new information last night — after the Red Lion standoff and stand-down — that implicated Vincent Ortiz more directly in Saturday’s shootings in Hoopa.

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Last we heard, Vincent Ortiz was no longer wanted in connection with Saturday’s homicide in Hoopa. But there were outstanding parole violations, and it has been a high-profile case, so…

From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On 03-25-2015 at about 12:10 p.m. a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputy on patrol in the Willow Creek area spotted, Vincent Rudy Ortiz at the Patriot Gas Station with a 44 year old female companion. Ortiz was fueling a silver, Chevrolet, pickup truck. The deputy immediately took Ortiz into custody without incident.

Vincent Ortiz was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility in Eureka where he was booked for accessory to homicide and his bail was set at $500,000 dollars. Ortiz was also booked on a felony, no bail warrant for a parole violation. The 44 female companion of Ortiz was transported to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office in Eureka to be interviewed by detectives.

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