On February 18, 2020, at about 7:22 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department
were dispatched to a residence at the 2200 block of Union Street for the report of a family
disturbance. While officers were responding, it was reported that a male had been shot.
Officers arrived on scene and located a 17-year-old male suffering from a gunshot
wound. Officers performed lifesaving efforts until Humboldt Bay Fire and City
Ambulance arrived. The male was transported by ambulance to the hospital where he
ultimately succumbed to his injury.
Based on the investigation, Detectives with the Eureka Police Department have arrested
the victim’s mother Pamela Faye Millsap (38 of Eureka) for involuntary manslaughter.
Millsap was transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.
An autopsy is scheduled for later this week. The juvenile victim’s name is being
withheld at this time. This is an active investigation and additional details will be
released as appropriate.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Corrie
Watson at (707) 441-4032.
*On February 19, 2020, at about 6:40 a.m., Humboldt Bay Fire responded to a structure
fire at the same residence on the 2200 block of Union Street. Based on the initial
investigation it appears the fire was accidental and unrelated to the manslaughter.
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From Humboldt Bay Fire:
On 2/19/2020 at 6:39 A.M. Humboldt Bay Fire was dispatched to a
reported structure fire at 2200 Union Street. The
first arriving units found light smoke coming from the attic and
eaves of a single-family
residence. Fire crews made entry in to the residence and found a fire
in the living room area with heavy
smoke throughout rest the structure. Crews simultaneously attacked
the fire, ventilated the
structure and performed a search to locate any possible victims.
Fire crews
were slowed by hoarding conditions and a second alarm was requested
for additional manpower. Fire crews
had the fire under control within about ten minutes. Nobody was home
at the time of the
fire, although a family cat and pet mice perished in the incident.
Damage to the
residence is estimated to be $30,000. Humboldt Bay Fire contacted the
Eureka Police Department to
advise them of the fire as it had been the scene of a law enforcement incident the
previous night. The Eureka Police Department had released the scene
earlier in the evening and the fire
was unrelated to those events. Humboldt Bay Fire investigators
determined the fire to be
accidental. It was caused by combustibles too close to a floor
furnace.
Humboldt Bay Fire
would like to remind people to keep combustibles away from operating heating appliances.
There were no injuries to firefighters at the incident.