Joseph Henrichsen Surrenders After Holding 2 USFS Workers Hostage for Hours
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Updated · KRCR · Jul 17
Joseph Henrichsen Surrenders After Holding 2 USFS Workers Hostage for Hours
3 articles · Updated · KRCR · Jul 17
Summary
Two U.S. Forest Service employees were freed around 1:50 a.m. Friday after FBI negotiators ended an overnight hostage standoff at remote Gumboot Campground in California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
Authorities said 49-year-old Joseph Charles Henrichsen had zip-tied the workers and held them at gunpoint inside a trailer after they were doing seasonal field work Thursday.
A multi-agency response brought in SWAT teams, drones, bomb technicians and the FBI Hostage Rescue Team; negotiators began talks about 4:20 p.m. Thursday after deputies located the trailer by drone.
Henrichsen and his adult son, Phoenix, surrendered about 2:30 a.m.; Joseph Henrichsen was arrested on a charge of kidnapping a federal employee, while investigators said the motive is still under investigation.