Two El Dorado sheriff’s deputies and a suspect hit by gunfire in Camino shooting
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- A PG&E crew reported being shot at while at a Camino home Thursday morning.
- Two El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies and the suspect were shot and taken to hospitals.
- Mountain View Drive remained an active crime scene with authorities investigating.
Two sheriff’s deputies and a suspect were struck by gunfire in a shooting Thursday in El Dorado County after reports of shots fired at a PG&E crew in the area.
Shortly before 7:30 a.m. Thursday, a crew from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. reported they had been shot at while at a home on Mountain View Drive in the town of Camino, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office announced shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday in a social media post.
Sheriff’s officials said one the of the PG&E employees was injured during the initial confrontation. The Sheriff’s Office did not say whether the PG&E was struck by gunfire or injured in some other manner.
The Sheriff’s Office responded to the first reported shooting. Sheriff’s officials said two deputies who responded to the scene were shot, along with the shooting suspect in an officer-involved shooting.
All were taken by ambulance to hospitals, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s officials did not release any further details about their condition.
Sheriff’s officials said authorities, including other law enforcement agencies, remained in the area investigating the shooting.
Later on Thursday, sheriff’s Sgt. Jesse Dacanay told reporters that the two deputies hit by gunfire remained hospitalized and were in stable condition, according to reports from KCRA and CBS 13.
Dacanay said the PG&E crew member suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. He did not have information about the condition of the male suspect, who was taken by air ambulance to a hospital.
Dacanay said the shooting involving the deputies occurred after more than three hours of trying to contact the suspect to detain him safely, KCRA and CBS 13 reported. He did not have information about the circumstances that led to the initial reported shooting but said the tactical operation at the Mountain View Drive home was over and that there was no threat to the public.
PG&E officials released a written statement on Thursday, saying they are aware of the Camino incident that left “a PG&E contract coworker injured.”
“We are grateful to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office for their swift response to this incident,” according to the written statement.
Paul Moreno, a PG&E spokesperson declined to say whether the worker suffered a gunshot wound or injured in some other manner. He referred further questions about the incident to the Sheriff’s Office.
The worker injured in Thursday’s incident is a member the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245, alabor union representing more than 28,000 members across Northern and Central California. Bob Dean, the business manager of IBEW Local 1245, released a written statement about the injured worker.
“We’re incredibly relieved that our union brother and fellow crewmember is okay after what must have been a terrifying experience,” Dean said in the statement. “Our thoughts are also with the two El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies who were injured while responding to the situation.”
Dean said these workers respond to outages and emergencies at a moment’s notice, often working in dangerous conditions around high voltage electricity, severe weather and other hazards.
“They should never have to worry about violence from the very people they are there to help,” Dean said in the statement. “Unfortunately, we are seeing incidents like this happen more often, and it’s unacceptable.”
This story was originally published March 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM.
