Frederick William Loftus, 58, died on August 25, 2017, in Eureka, California. A second-generation commercial fisherman known as Fast Freddy, he had worked in Oregon, Washington and the Bering Sea and was visiting Eureka when the incident occurred. He loved motorcycles, books and the outdoors and left behind a grieving family.

On the evening of August 25, police responded to reports of shots fired at a residence on the 1300 block of Seventh Street and found Loftus on the floor with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers identified 75-year-old David Alan Kobak as the shooter; both men had high blood alcohol levels.

Kobak was arrested on suspicion of murder, charged with second-degree murder and a firearm special allegation, and the trial focused on his state of mind and memory of the events. Are there details about Loftus’s time in the commercial fishing community or in Eureka that anyone can share?