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Humboldt County Sheriff Billy Honsal is holding a press conference on the police shooting of two reportedly armed suspects on Harris Street yesterday.

Live video above, via the Sheriff’s Facebook page; notable updates below.

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UPDATE, 2:36 p.m.: Eureka Police Chief Todd Jarvis confirms that the incident began at the Bayshore Mall, with the assault and robbery of one victim. Also, he connects the suspects to a hit-and-run on Eureka’s West Side yesterday in between the assault and the shooting.

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UPDATE, 2:40 p.m.: Honsal, speaking now, says that the suspects’ drove their red pickup into Harris Street from Dolbeer at a high rate of speed, crashing into a Toyota that was carrying three people. After the crash, two people emerged from the red pickup carrying rifles and fired at least once at deputies, striking a patrol vehicle.

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UPDATE, 2:41 p.m.: The two suspects are Jesse and Brandon Widmark, who are currently hospitalized in serious condition. They had previously been wanted by the Arcata Police Department in connection with an armed robbery.

UPDATE, 2:43 p.m.: Three Sheriff’s Office personnel fired their weapons at the scene, all of them with fairly long tenure at the office.

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UPDATE: 2:47 p.m.: Three civilians in the other pickup suffered injuries. One of them — a 27-year-old female — suffered major injuries.

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UPDATE, 2:55 p.m.: Body cameras worn by Sheriff’s Office personnel were not on at the time of the incident. When asked by the Outpost’s Isabella Vanderheiden why that was, Honsal said, “This is definitely something we will be looking at.” “That’s going to be a question that we do ask.”

As usual with officer-involved shootings, the county’s interagency Critical Incident Response Team will conduct an investigation into the police response to the case.