Mendocino Sheriff releases name of serviceman who committed suicide after fleeing court martial

MENDOCINO Co., 1/20/20 — Yesterday a manhunt and eventual stand-off ended in tragedy when Kevin A. Larson, 32 of Nevada, evidently committing suicide during a confrontation with local, state, and federal law enforcement.

According to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, Larson, a United States Air Force serviceman, fled a sentencing hearing on Friday, after being convicted in a court martial at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. On Saturday he was spotted on U.S. Route 101, south of Ukiah, by officers of the California High Patrol, and subsequently led them on a chase, eventually turning off onto Reeves Canyon Rd. in Redwood Valley. There the CHP lost Larson due to the poor condition of the dirt road — Larson was in a 2018 Jeep Wrangler.