MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – The search for a wanted parolee ended on Wednesday after the man was shot by a Mendocino County Sheriff's deputy.
Thirty-two-year-old Shane Hutchins, a transient that officials said had been on the run for several months, died following the shooting on Wednesday night, according to Capt. Kurt Smallcomb.
Smallcomb said Hutchins was wanted on numerous felony charges and had been reported or observed to be in possession of both firearms and knives.
On Wednesday deputies, Ukiah Police officers, Major Crimes Task Force agents and California State Parole officers were continuing their search for Hutchins when they received information from several sources that he was in a residence in the 18900 block of Lahmon Lane, located just east of Fort Bragg and off of Highway 20, Smallcomb said.
Deputies and Major Crimes Task Force agents proceeded to the residence and established a perimeter, and just before 9 p.m. Wednesday they entered the residence in an attempt to apprehend Hutchins, according to Smallcomb.
Smallcomb said Hutchins fled the residence and went into the brush, where the deputies and officers pursued him.
One of the deputies confronted Hutchins and shot him, Smallcomb said.
Emergency medical aid was summoned, but by the time they arrived Hutchins had died, Smallcomb said.
Smallcomb said the deputy who shot Hutchins has been placed on administrative leave.
The California State Department of Justice is investigating the incident, said Smallcomb.
He said an autopsy of Hutchins is pending.
Smallcomb said additional information directly about the shooting will be released from the California Department of Justice Bureau of Investigations Unit.
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