Incident

6-10-2020 California Paso Robles 5-1

Location

June 10, 2020

Paso Robles Police Department
Incident Address
Paso Robles, California

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: Deputy Nicholas Dreyfus
  • Age: 28
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Injured
  • Type: Victim
  • Name: James Watson
  • Age: 58
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed
  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: Sergeant Michael Smiley
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Injured
  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: Deputy Blake Bursiaga
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Injured
  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: CHP Trooper
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Status: Injured
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Name: Mason James Lira
  • Age: 26
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

  • Shot - Wounded/Injured
  • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
  • Officer Involved Incident
  • Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
  • Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
  • Police Targeted
  • Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
  • Criminal act with stolen gun

Notes

Subj fired at station, Dep Dreyfus, civ shot nearby; overnight manhunt 6/10-6/11; shots exchange Hwy 46W & Ramada; 3 LE shot, subj killed 4:25pm

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

  • Type: 38 Spl
  • Type: 40 SW

District

Congressional District: 24
State Senate District: 17
State House District: 35