1 Shot and Killed in Napa Raid

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Napa County investigators hoped to learn more Thursday about a pot garden raid near Lake Berryessa that resulted in the shooting death of one of two suspects encountered there, authorities said.

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<!-- /GRAY BOX ARTICLE CONTENT--> The man was shot and killed early Wednesday afternoon after members of a multi-agency drug task force hiked into two grow sites at the north end of the lake, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said.
But it was still unclear if the suspects fired weapons and how many of the eight officers involved in the raid used their own firearms, sheriff's Capt. Tracey Stuart said.
“I'm don't know the sequence of events that led to the shooting,” Stuart said early Thursday. “The interviews with the officers are today.”
The name of the deceased has not been released, pending notification of next of kin, Stuart said.


A second man, a Fresno resident, was arrested. He was identified as Oswaldo Rivera, 21, Stuart said.


The 12:50 p.m. shooting followed by less than 24 hours an incident in Mendocino County in which someone shot out a Mendocino County deputy's truck as he was leaving a pot garden raid with other members of the county Marijuana Eradication Team and the state's Campaign Against Marijuana Planting.


No one was injured in that incident a few miles down a dirt road off Orr Springs Road, east of Mendocino, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said.


Thursday's violence unfolded after members of the Napa Special Investigations Bureau took boats to a remote location on Lake Berryessa and then hiked into the gardens, Stuart said.

more at: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100701/NEWS/100709995/1033

 

[roughnice420]

wow, that sucks. I went fishing at Lake Berryessa this past spring and the whole time I was thinking to myself, what a great place for a guerilla grow. I wonder how many plants they had out there, and if the poor guy that got shot even raised his gun at the cops?

 

[mean mr.mustard]

It looks like California state cops don't give a shit that it's legal on the state level.

I have been led to believe that it's just the feds doing busts and executions.

This is obviously not the case.

At this rate I wouldn't be suprised if they are just going to round up everyone with a med card and put them in "happy camps" in a few years.

 

[Arthritis_sucks]

Let them try to take me alive.

 

[markscastle]

Besides the details of the bust we need to learn the names of both the officers involved and the persons up the lader who were involved in the planning.Lets also not forget who authorized the warrant and what the source of there info was.This is why all police in California need to be under a citizen advisery commity, police need to stop being trained as if they are military,and police should be cross trained in fire science,search & resque,or as EMT`s. Wouldn`t hurt to require some phycology classes in the POST(Police Officers Standardized Training) program also!