The California Highway Patrol and Shasta County Sheriff's Department have released the names of officers involved in two shooting incidents that occurred on Interstate 5 last week.
Six CHP officers and a sheriff's deputy were involved in the Oct. 27 incident near Castella that shut down southbound I-5 for hours. Albert Anthony Smith, 42, of Medford, Ore., was shot after leading law enforcement officers in a pursuit that covered approximately 50 miles.
CHP officers involved in the shooting were identified as Lt. Joseph Micheletti, Sgt. Anthony Gummert, and Officers Brian Hoskins, Michael Barham and Eric Degraffenreid, all of the Mount Shasta office; and Offer Eric Mallory of the Yreka office. They have between five and 24 years experience, according a news release from the Redding Police Department, the agency designated to investigate the shootings. The seventh officer was Deputy David Eoff of the Shasta County Sheriff's Department, who has seven years experience.
Smith was booked into Shasta County Jail on Wednesday, after being released from the hospital, and is being held without bail.
On Oct. 25, James Thomas Jobe, 26, of Redding was shot and killed by a Shasta County Sheriff's Deputy during a struggled with another deputy along I-5 at the Oasis Road interchange. The deputy involved in the struggle with Jobe was identified as Deputy Dustin Reynolds. The second deputy was identified as Sgt. Troy Clegg.
Reynolds suffered multiples cuts to the head during the struggle, requiring 26 staples to close the wounds, according to the news release.
Both deputies have been with the Sheriff's Department for five years and also have prior law enforcement experience. They were placed on paid administrative leave after the shooting in keep with Shasta County Sheriff's Department policy.
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