DA: Hendrix ‘suicide by cop’
Officers won’t face charges in fugitive’s shooting
Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey declined to press charges against five law enforcement officers involved in the fatal shooting of GD Hendrix, labeling the Nov. 15 incident a “suicide by cop.”
Announcing his decision Wednesday (March 20), after an investigation by the county’s critical incident team, Ramsey cleared two Butte County sheriff’s deputies, two Shasta County sheriff’s deputies and a California Department of Fish and Wildlife warden.
Hendrix (pictured), 48, from Berry Creek, was on parole but had removed his ankle monitor. He also was suspected in a 2014 double homicide. He fled a Yankee Hill store evacuated for the Camp Fire and led deputies on an eight-mile chase. After Hendrix feinted having a gun that turned out to be a small pipe, officers shot him.
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