YREKA, Calif. – Police are investigating a reported explosion in Yreka.
Police said at about 4:12 a.m. Tuesday, they received numerous 9-1-1 calls regarding an explosion in the 100 block of Bruce Street.
The Yreka Police Department and the Yreka Fire Department responded to the scene and reportedly found two incendiary devices, one of which had detonated with the other partially detonated.
YPD said the scene was secured and the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad safely collected the devices.
There were no injuries.
The case remains under investigation and no further information was provided by investigators. Anyone with further details is asked to call YPD at 530-841-2300.
Siskiyou Daily News
Yreka Police Department is looking for two white men driving a white sedan who are suspects in a shooting that happened in a small trailer park just south Campbell Avenue Monday evening.
The victim, a 38-year-old Dunsmuir man, was taken to Fairchild Medical Center at about 5 p.m. in a private vehicle with gunshot wounds to the chest and hand, YPD said. He was later transported to Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Ore. in critical condition, according to the YPD.
The two suspects, adult white males, were reported to be driving a white sedan of an unknown make and little other information about the men is available, YPD said. Those with information should call YPD officer Dusty Wilson at 530-841-2300.
Siskiyou Daily News
An early morning explosion that prompted numerous 911 calls led to the recovery of improvised explosive devices on Tuesday, said Yreka Police Department Lt. Chris Betts.
The incendiary devices, thought to be pipe bombs, were found when officers with the Yreka Police Department and the Yreka Fire Department responded to the 100 block of Bruce Street just before 4:15 a.m., Betts said.
One of the devices had been detonated and the other partially detonated, Betts said. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responded and over the next three hours, safely collected the devices.
A pipe bomb is in improvised explosive device made by putting explosives into a section of sealed pipe. They can include materials like glass and nails that cause more damage when they explode.
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Man accused of Yreka Greenway murder surprises court with guilty plea
Siskiyou Daily News
A Yreka-area transient accused of murder surprised prosecutors on Tuesday when he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty midway through a preliminary hearing at the Siskiyou County Courthouse.
Noah William Smith, age 20, is accused of severely beating 53-year-old Yreka resident Joseph Hendricks on Feb. 24 in a homeless encampment in the Yreka Greenway. Hendricks later died of his injuries.
During Tuesday s preliminary hearing, Senior Deputy District Attorney Melissa Whetstine was preparing to present evidence when the defense handed a “plea form” to the judge, said Siskiyou County DA Kirk Andrus. Such forms are used for defendants to acknowledge that they understand their rights and to indicate a plea of guilty or no contest, Andrus explained.