I heard this live on the scanner today. Just before noon today two Mammoth Lakes police officers responded to a disturbance in front of the Mammoth Lakes Branch of the Mono County Library located near the junction of Meridian and Sierra Park Road. The officers encountered a man who was yelling and threatening the officers with rocks. I don't know the size of the rocks and I don't know if the subject charged the officers. The next thing I heard is "shots fired, subject down." I then heard one officer call for medical, code 3. Neither paramedic unit (Medic 2 from June Lake and Medic 3 from Mammoth Lakes) assigned to the south end of the county, were available. I don't know what type of situation they were in. The Mammoth Lakes FD basic life support ambulance responded and was cleared to enter the scene. Shortly after I heard them tell Mono 1 (S.O. Dispatch in Bridgeport) they had CPR in progress and were trying to stop bleeding from GSWs in the chest. Neither officer was injured.
There have been a couple of very short press releases since then. The only info given is the subject is deceased and that the California Department of Justice would be doing the investigation. This portion of town as all three (elementary, middle and high) schools, the community college, the library and a county school office and the Mammoth USD within a short distance. No lockdowns were initiated as this incident was over before this could be accomplished.
I assume the officers have been placed on administrative leave.
I've lived in the county for over 42 years and I don't have that great of a memory in my advancing age, but I don't remember an officer involved shooting prior to this. There might have been one, but I'm not sure if the suspect was hit or not. This is a question for local newspapers to ask of the County Sheriff or Mammoth PD chief.
There have been a couple of very short press releases since then. The only info given is the subject is deceased and that the California Department of Justice would be doing the investigation. This portion of town as all three (elementary, middle and high) schools, the community college, the library and a county school office and the Mammoth USD within a short distance. No lockdowns were initiated as this incident was over before this could be accomplished.
I assume the officers have been placed on administrative leave.
I've lived in the county for over 42 years and I don't have that great of a memory in my advancing age, but I don't remember an officer involved shooting prior to this. There might have been one, but I'm not sure if the suspect was hit or not. This is a question for local newspapers to ask of the County Sheriff or Mammoth PD chief.
