Name not reported
A man held at the Siskiyou County Jail in Yreka died on February 19, 2021, after a shooting in the parking lot of Fairchild Medical Center, where he had been taken for treatment and was being returned to the jail. Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue said a struggle broke out between the man and a correctional deputy, and that the deputy fired one shot. The sheriff's office's account of the struggle is the only one reported, and the article gives no details of what led to it. He was pronounced dead shortly after at the hospital.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue says a struggle broke out with a correctional deputy in the hospital parking lot and the deputy fired one shot.
Reported by: Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.