Nicholas Johnson who shot at DA investigators has a jury trial and sentencing scheduled in an older case, with 18 cases in the court system

Nicholas Johnson has 18 cases in the court system, with the majority being criminal. He  had a jury trial set for February 1 for the alleged murder of David Ganfield. His co-defendant Jonas semore is currently being tried separately.

On January 29, Johnson had a disposition and reset hearing as well as probation/sentencing set for two older cases. Since he is still in police custody and at the hospital, those dates no longer appear on calendar.

EPD Chief Andy Mills is at the joint meeting of Board of Supervisors and Eureka City Council.

DA Maggie Fleming has been advised of the situation. A press release will be out shortly. Chief Mills will then be available for more questions.

Chief Mills said police officers were at 3200 Pine. "A man came out of the house and wanted to get into a confrontation with the officers. This resulted in shots being fired." The person shot is expected to recover. A gun was recovered from the scene.

From EPD PIO Brittany Powell at 2:25 p.m.:

Regarding the incident on Pine Street today, we anticipate to have a press release with more information out by 4:30 p.m Chief Mills will be available for questions at his office today at 5 p.m.

EPD Press Release:

On 01/26/16 at about 11:50 a.m., Investigators with the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office were conducting follow-up on a homicide investigation near the 3200 block of Pine Street in Eureka.  The Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit was a short distance away.

The DA Investigators were attempting to contact residents when a man came out firing an assault rifle towards Investigators without warning.  Investigators returned fire, striking the man.  The man was placed under arrest and transported to the hospital by ambulance.  The man underwent surgery and is expected to survive.

The Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) was activated and multiple agencies responded to assist.  Because the DA’s office was involved, a Humboldt County Sheriff Investigator and Eureka Police Investigator were assigned as co-leads in the investigation.

District Attorney Maggie Fleming said, “I have made the decision that because Humboldt County District Attorney Investigators were involved in the shooting, I will not be involved in the review of the case and have asked the Attorney General’s Office to handle the review.”

Any witnesses to this incident are asked to call Senior Detective Harpham at (707) 441-4060.