David Gabriel Barger Sequoia, 25 and a resident of Eureka, California, died March 18, 2010, after a confrontation in a carport in an alley off Summer Street that ended in a fatal shooting involving the Eureka Police Department. The incident began during a dispute over stolen money at a nearby apartment complex. Reports identify two officers as having fired: Officer Patrick Bishop fired a single round into Sequoia’s chest, and Sgt. Rodrigo Reyna-Sanchez fired the shot to his head. An autopsy found that either gunshot wound would have been fatal.

The California Department of Justice conducted an independent investigation into the use of deadly force and forwarded its findings to the district attorney with jurisdiction. Sequoia had prior legal troubles: in January 2009 he was sentenced to three years for vehicle theft after being acquitted of first-degree murder in October 2008. That earlier case involved the death of Rex Shinn, who had been found buried on a marijuana farm in Honeydew; Sequoia was reportedly high on methamphetamine during that incident and was convicted of felony vehicle theft for taking Shinn’s truck.

Are there details from that night or the DOJ report that anyone in the area recalls and can share?