Benjamin Scott Thomas, 40, of Trinidad, California, was shot and killed near Orick on June 23, 2021. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office identified his death as a homicide after he was dropped off that evening at the Elk Camp CAL FIRE Station on Bald Hills Road by multiple unknown individuals. Life‑saving efforts at the scene were unsuccessful.

Investigators identified 49‑year‑old Shaun Patrick McMahon of Trinidad as the primary suspect. On July 7, 2021, McMahon turned himself in at the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office in Eureka and was arrested on a murder charge; he was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility and held without bail. The Sheriff’s Office said its Criminal Investigations Division continued to investigate and asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone was in the Orick or Bald Hills Road area on June 23, or knows who dropped Benjamin Thomas off at Elk Camp, can you share what you saw?