Eureka police have arrested a 42-year-old local woman on suspicion of attempted homicide after a man was shot in the 1200 block of G Street on Thursday night, in a case officers say stands apart from the string of shootings that has unsettled the Humboldt County city this week. Dustarta Riggs, 42, of Eureka, was detained without incident and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for attempted homicide, the Eureka Police Department said.

Source: Eureka Police Department release, via Lost Coast Outpost

Officers responded at about 8:40 p.m. on Thursday, November 5, to a report of a shooting in the 1200 block of G Street, the department said. They found a 39-year-old man suffering from injuries consistent with a gunshot wound. Scene reporting by Redheaded Blackbelt, whose reporter was on G Street that night, said scanner reports described a man shot three times and taken to hospital; his condition has not been confirmed.

Source: Redheaded Blackbelt (Kym Kemp), scene reporting

The scene at 13th and G

G Street was blocked between 12th and 13th streets as officers worked, Redheaded Blackbelt reported. By about 9:12 p.m. its reporter counted seven law enforcement vehicles in the area and said EPD Commander LaFrance was at the scene. Police had taped off a vehicle, along with the front porch and yard of a white house at the corner of 13th and G streets, the report said. Scanner traffic that night indicated a woman had been detained, though her connection to the shooting was not confirmed at that stage.

Source: Redheaded Blackbelt (Kym Kemp), scene reporting

Detectives from the department's Criminal Investigations Unit took over the case, found evidence confirming a shooting had occurred, and identified Riggs as the suspect, police said in their release the next day. Officers detained her without incident. Police have not released the victim's name, a motive, or any account of a relationship between the two — none of those details appears in the department's statement, and they remain unreported.

Source: Eureka Police Department release, via Lost Coast Outpost

“Not connected” — the week's other shootings

The department was explicit about what this case is not. “This incident appears to be an isolated incident, and there does not appear to be an ongoing threat to the community,” EPD said, adding that at this time the G Street shooting does not appear to be connected to the recent shootings in the Arcata, Pine Hill or Myrtletown areas.

Source: Eureka Police Department release, via Lost Coast Outpost

That context matters in Eureka this week. In the early hours of Tuesday, November 3, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office took multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire around Circle Drive in the Myrtletown area, and on November 4 the sheriff's office issued arrest warrants for two 19-year-olds — Tyler Peter Colegrove of Hoopa, wanted for attempted murder, and Alyssa Regina Hansen of McKinleyville, wanted for conspiracy — in that case. A residence on Harwill Court in Myrtletown was also struck by gunfire in the same period. Police separating the G Street arrest from that cluster is the department's way of telling residents the Thursday-night shooting is, on current evidence, a separate case with a suspect already in custody.

Source: Eureka Police Department release, via Lost Coast Outpost

What happens next

Riggs remains booked at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on the attempted-homicide allegation; an arrest on suspicion is not a conviction, and formal charging and a first court appearance in Humboldt County follow the booking as the case moves forward. Detectives are continuing the investigation, and the victim's condition had not been publicly confirmed in the reports available on Friday. Awaaz Punjab will update this story if police release the victim's condition, formal charges or a court date.

Source: Eureka Police Department release, via Lost Coast Outpost