The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a fatal Jan. 1 Southern Humboldt shooting as 28-year-old Saul Perez Pacheco.

A passerby found Pacheco bleeding of a gunshot wound on the side of Alderpoint Road at about 5:30 a.m. and tried to rush him to Jerold Phelps Hospital in Gareberville but Pacheco died en route.

The Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in learning more about Pacheco and his connection to Humboldt County. He's described as standing about 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 225 pounds, with a tattoo of a cross on his left bicep and another of the grim reaper on his right arm. Officials ask that anyone with information about the case call investigator Scott Hicks at 445-7301.


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