MENDOCINO Co., 2/8/17 — Yesterday a 22 year old man showed up at Covelo Fire Department with a gunshot wound in his torso. Jefferey Joaquin was taken by ambulance to Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, where he received treatment, and is apparently conscious. But here’s the wrinkle — he refused to say who’d shot him, or, in the words of the press release issued by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office this morning, “refused to cooperate with this investigation and did not provide any possible suspect information or a possible location where this crime occurred.”
Mendocino Sports Plus reported from scanner traffic that Joaquin had shown up at the firehouse, while the sheriff’s press release says instead that he was found in the 22500 block of Refuse Rd. MSP also noted that Joaquin was transported by ground ambulance, because the air support declined to respond due to weather.
Round Valley Tribal Police officers were investigating, and they were joined by MCSO deputies but it’s apparently not even clear where exactly he was shot.
The one thing that does seem certain is that Mr. Joaquin is one tough dude.
Here is what MSP initially reported:
And here is the press release from the MCSO:
DATE: “February 8, 2017”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Incident Number:
2017-3544Crime/Incident:
664/187 PC [Attempted Murder]Location:
Covelo area – Unknown exact locationDate of Incident:
02-07-2017Time:
Unknown exact timeVictim(s):
Jefferey Joaquin (22 year-old from Covelo, CA)Suspect(s):
UnknownWritten By:
Sergeant Quincy Cromer #2651Synopsis:
On 02-07-17 at approximately 2:36 P.M., deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Covelo Volunteer Fire Department at 75900 Highway 162 for a reported gunshot wound victim.When the deputies were responding, they were informed that the victim was being transported by ambulance to Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, CA. MCSO detectives responded to the hospital and attempted to interview the victim, who was identified as Jefferey Joaquin (22 year-old from Covelo, CA). Joaquin refused to cooperate with this investigation and did not provide any possible suspect information or a possible location where this crime occurred.
Joaquin appeared to have been shot in the chest or torso area with a large caliber firearm, which was believed to possibly be a handgun.
Deputies responded to Covelo and met with Round Valley Tribal Police officers who were in the 22500 block of Refuse Rd. where Joaquin was reportedly found after the shooting. Deputies searched the area for possible evidence related to this investigation, but were unable to confirm the exact location of where the incident may have occurred.
This incident is currently under investigation and anyone with information related to this case is encouraged to contact the MCSO Tip Line at 707-234-2100 or by email at [email protected].
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