Victim in deadly Northern California cannabis grow shooting identified as 30-year-old man

Authorities on the Northern California coast said they have identified a man who was fatally shot near an illegal cannabis grow earlier this month.

The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday provided an update on the May 14 shooting, which took place near the community of Covelo, about 180 miles north of San Francisco. One man died in the shooting and two others were injured.

Deputies said they identified the deceased victim as 30-year-old Jorge M. Zavala Estrella of Vallecito in Amador County. According to a forensic pathologist, Zavala Estrella’s preliminary cause of death was due to multiple gunshot wounds…

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