Crime & Safety
Officer-Involved Shooting Reported Friday Evening In Napa
The incident began when police served a warrant to a home in the Alta Heights area, the department said. Few details released so far.
Napa police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred this evening in the Alta Heights area while officers were serving a search warrant.
The shooting occurred shortly before 5 p.m. when officers serving a warrant for drugs and firearms contacted the subject of the warrant, a 41-year-old man whose name has not yet been released, according to police.
A handgun was found at the scene of the shooting.
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The Napa County Sheriff’s Department will lead the investigation into the shooting, as per county protocol, police said. The name of the officer involved will be released within 48 hours.
--Bay City News contributed to this report
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