Law enforcement and emergency personnel are converging on the southbound lanes of Highway 101 between Ukiah’s Perkins Street and Gobbi Street where a reported dead body is lying in the roadway.
Scanner traffic indicates emergency personnel have confirmed a subject is deceased and are redirecting traffic to diminish traffic in the area.
Law enforcement is establishing traffic control along Highway 101 South and has closed the southbound on-ramp to Highway 101 from Perkins Street.
An eyewitness reported personnel from the Ukiah Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office were on the scene.
The Caltrans Quickmap shows traffic in the area is significantly slowed as first responders try to contain the area.
UPDATE 2:13 p.m.: At this point, the circumstances surrounding the fatality are unclear. There are multiple speculative posts on social media but we have yet to get confirmation from an official.
Ukiah CHP published the following update on their Facebook page.
UPDATE 2:33 p.m. California Highway Patrol Officer Alex Kimball told us the fatality along Highway 101 this afternoon was the result of a shooting that occurred after CHP officers conducted a traffic stop. Initially, the subject was pulled over by law enforcement suspected of being a Be-On-the-Lookout subject from Pacifica. Officer Kimball could not confirm an officer fired their weapon but said the “traffic stop resulted in a shooting.”
UPDATE 4:51 p.m.: As of 4:40 p.m., Highway 101’s southbound lanes appear to have cleared and an officer reported over the scanner they were opening the roadway. Traffic is flowing relatively smoothly as of 4:41 p.m.
The following is our latest information on today’s incident:
Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.
Is it just me or does there seem to be a bunch of dead body articles circulating on mendofever?
Agreed, the dead body ones get more comments. The rape ones only get comments if there is a cop involved.
It’s my buddy Michael’s son that died don’t know if he knows
Yeah that truck looks really familiar right
If you don’t know if he knows why the hell would you comment on here?! That’s insanity. My mind is blown.
Why in the world would you comment this??? I mean really. Keep your comments like this to yourself.
Why don’t you go check in with the family instead of commenting such a disgusting thing
Fucked up saying shit like that , wtf kind of person are you?
You didn’t know who the fuck that was so how the fuck did they know who it was out of 16000 people in fucking Ukiah
I hope you apologize to Michaels dad for posting false stuff.
All i can say is Someone pissed iff Hillary again.
Someone tell Michael bout his son poor baby and feel bad for him
If this is the truth the police will tell Michael’s dad so stop commenting.
This guy stabbed a man and woman in Pacifica, killing the man! He was fleeing!
Was it really that guy? They haven’t confirmed any of it.
Thank you for your awesome report Matt hopefully for more developed story. I’ve been driving pass The bridge over 101 on Perkins around 2:13pm and was wondering what was going on since all the traffic was backed up all the way.
Thanks for that Al! Fast moving for sure.