On Nov. 5, 2022, at about 12:14 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Elk Camp Fire Station near Orick for the report of a gunshot victim.
At the station, deputies contacted a 21-year-old female victim who was being treated by emergency medical personnel for gunshot wounds to her lower legs. The victim was accompanied by an adult female and 37-year-old Troy Simon Fletcher Jr. According to the two, the group was reportedly driving along Bald Hills Road when their vehicle encountered a bump in the roadway. Immediately following the bump, a loaded firearm stored underneath the backseat of the vehicle reportedly discharged, injuring the victim.
The victim was transported to a local hospital and is expected to survive her injuries.
During a search of the vehicle, deputies located two loose firearms and ammunition inside. Fletcher was found to be a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms. He was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(a)(1)) and prohibited person in possession of ammunition (PC 30305(a)).
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