CHP update on this morning’s Rio Dell shooting, believed to be an employee altercation

MENDOCINO Co., 4/24/17 — The California Highway Patrol’s Humboldt’s office has released an official statement on the fatal shooting that occurred this morning at the Cal Trans Maintenance Facility in Rio Dell that left two people dead. Investigators currently believe that the incident began with an work-related altercation between a CalTrans supervisor and employee, resulting in the employee firing several rounds at the supervisor before turning the gun on himself, according to the statement. More information about the shooter and the victim will be available after investigators notify their families. You can read the full statement below, and see additional coverage from Kym Kemp here:

On April 24, 2017 at approx. 0702 hours, Humboldt CHP was notified of a shooting incident with one subject deceased on scene at the Cal-Trans Maintenance Facility in Rio Dell, CA.  CHP and Rio Dell PD responded to the scene and found one party deceased and another person in critical condition with a gun shot injury.  The injured person was transported to Redwood Memorial Hospital, but later died at the hospital.