Shots Fired at Mendocino Fire Department

By Caitlin

Landowner fires at Mendocino Fire Department after mistaking them for trespassers.

On October 14th at 12:02 AM, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department reported that the Fire Department was suppressing fires in Redwood Valley, CA because of the Mendocino Lake Complex Fire. The owner of the land the Cal Fire workers were on is owned John Maxwell Heron. He thought the firemen were trespassers and he yelled at them, opened fire, and then called 911.

The Sheriff as well as multiple other officers patrolled investigating the situation. After establishing that the Fire Department was on John Heron’s land, they attempted to arrest him for the discharge of his firearm. When confronted, he resisted arrest and was later booked into the Mendocino County Jail with a bail set at $15,000.