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Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

Update for Officer Involved Shooting on 06/05/2025, near the Bear River Family Entertainment Center in Loleta.

On 06/05/2025 at approximately 1620 hours, 29-year-old Nicholas David Anderson (DOB 05/02/1996) succumbed to the injuries he sustained during the critical incident which occurred earlier that afternoon at about 1531 hours near the Bear River Family Entertainment Center in Loleta.

During this incident, Anderson charged a Deputy Sheriff with a knife in a threating [sic] manner. As a result, one deputy fired his service weapon striking Anderson in the chest. The incident was witnessed by bystanders and captured on body cameras worn by the deputies.

Preliminary information indicates Nicholas Anderson is not a Humboldt County resident and the circumstances surrounding his presence in the Loleta area are currently under investigation. Investigators are continuing to establish a timeline regarding Nicholas Anderson’s whereabouts and actions in the days prior to his involvement in the critical incident. License Plate Recognition (LPR) cameras indicate a vehicle associated with Nicholas Anderson arrived in Humboldt County from the Simi Valley, CA area on June 3, 2025. It appears while in Humboldt County, Nicholas Anderson utilized an alias to receive medical treatment at a local medical facility for a previously existing injury.

Two Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies involved in the incident have been placed on routine paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

More information will be made available once a forensic autopsy is completed, which is anticipated to occur in the coming days.

This case is still under investigation by the multi-agency Humboldt County Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT), led by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office.

Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.