UPDATE, 12:56 p.m.: From the Crescent City Police Department:

CCPD has arrested Joshua Roberts, (Age 32), in connection with this investigation.

Officers gathered evidence that Roberts picked up the two individuals we are looking for and drove them out of Crescent City. Officers contacted Roberts on Malone Road in the Crescent City area. Roberts was also on parole and search of his vehicle was completed during our contact with him.

During the search officers located an AR15 and Semi-automatic shotgun, along with several hundred rounds of ammunition. Roberts is being held at the Del Norte County Jail. We also have active arrest warrants for Russell Walters Sr. and Russell Walters Jr. in connection with the original shooting incident.

If you have information on their location please call dispatch 707-464-4191, or message our Facebook account.

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Original Post: The Crescent City Police Department is seeking a suspect in a shooting incident that occurred in the Crescent City Safeway parking lot Wednesday evening. Video of the event is making the rounds on social media.

CCPD has released an image of a man they believe to be Russell Walters, Jr., their suspect in the case. The image comes from a video posted by a witness to the incident, which was posted to social media. You can watch that clip below:

Our colleague Jessica Cejnar Andrews at Redwood Voice Community News reports that one victim was transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound to their abdomen. 

The Crescent City Police Department posted the following to its social media channels:

We are currently looking for Russell Walters Jr. for attempted homicide. He was last seen leaving the scene at the Safeway parking lot in a dark colored Chevy Traverse with a California license plate of EP007. We are working with the District Attorneys Office to secure an Arrest Warrant if he flees the area. Please call dispatch if you have any information about his location.

We are still processing the crime scene and actively investigating as well.

Walters is pictured in the photo in the passenger seat.