Multiple skiers caught in Squaw Valley avalanche, injuries reported
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Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Photo: Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
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Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Photo: Abby Hein
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Photo: Abby Hein
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Photo: Abby Hein
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Photo: Abby Hein
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Photo: Abby Hein
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Photo: Abby Hein
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Photo: Abby Hein
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Whiteout conditions as seen at Kirkwood on March 2, 2018.
Photo: Abby Hein
Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
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Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
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Snow storm at Sugar Bowl, March 1, 2018
Snow storm at Sugar Bowl, March 1, 2018
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Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
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Snow storm at Sugar Bowl, March 1, 2018
Snow storm at Sugar Bowl, March 1, 2018
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Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
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A storm being called “winter’s biggest” hit Tahoe on March 1, 2018. Photo taken at El Dorado Beach in South Lake.
A storm being called “winter’s biggest” hit Tahoe on March 1, 2018. Photo taken at El Dorado Beach in South Lake.
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Snow storm at Sugar Bowl, March 1, 2018
Snow storm at Sugar Bowl, March 1, 2018
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Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
Photo: Twitter Screen Capture
Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
Twitter responds to the Tahoe storm on March 1, 2018, with photos of the whiteout and posts expressing excitement for the big storm.
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Heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions closed I-80 eastbound at Alta and westbound at Truckee on March 1, 2018.
Heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions closed I-80 eastbound at Alta and westbound at Truckee on March 1, 2018.
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Heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions closed I-80 eastbound at Alta and westbound at Truckee on March 1, 2018.
Heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions closed I-80 eastbound at Alta and westbound at Truckee on March 1, 2018.
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Blizzard conditions on I-80 closed over the Sierra Nevada on March 1, 2018.
Blizzard conditions on I-80 closed over the Sierra Nevada on March 1, 2018.
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Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Photo: Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Photo: Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Photo: Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Whiteout conditions at Mt. Rose Ski Resort on March 1, 2018. The resort was forced to closed Thursday but will have lots of fresh powder when it reopens after the worst of the storm passes.
Photo: Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
Five skiers were rescued Friday after an avalanche at a Tahoe resort. All missing persons have been accounted for.
Guests reported an inbounds avalanche near the Olympic Lady chairlift at Squaw Valley Ski Resort at 1:40 p.m. Friday, officials said in a press release. Five guests – three males and two females – were rescued from the avalanche.
One skier was transported to Tahoe Forest Hospital with a serious lower body injury. Another was released shortly after transport.
Officials are currently investigating the cause of the avalanche, which may have been fanned by a fierce winter storm that dumped 32 inches of snow on the region in 24 hours. An investigation of the avalanche trigger is ongoing.
Placer County Sheriff’s Office deputies respond to an avalanche at Squaw Valley.
Media: San Francisco Chronicle
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Squaw Valley closed for the day shortly after the avalanche report. It is not yet known whether the resort will be open Saturday.
Earlier in the day, the body of a missing snowboarder was uncovered in the Squaw Creek area of the ski resort. Wenyu Zhang, 42, of Placer County, disappeared during Thursday’s Sierra Nevada blizzard. Zhang’s last known location was registered at the Squaw Creek chairlift at Squaw Valley Ski Resort, after a late-afternoon season pass scan, said a spokesperson of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows.
Forecasters predict an additional one to two feet of snow for Squaw Valley by Saturday night. Friday’s 50-mph winds are expected to drop off over the weekend.
Michelle Robertson is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at mrobertson@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @mrobertsonsf.
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‘An unbelievable loss’: Boone County shooting fatally wounds deputy
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“Today, the thin blue line is shattered,” Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen said. Deputy Jacob Pickett, 30, was fatally wounded while helping Lebanon police officers serve a warrant on Friday morning.
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A Boone County sheriff’s deputy was fatally wounded Friday morning while helping Lebanon police officers catch a person on the run.
The turn of events, which stemmed from an unrelated effort to serve an arrest warrant, left officers overcome by grief and shock. The last time a Boone County officer was killed in the line of duty was 1935.
“Today, the thin blue line was shattered,” Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen said during a news conference Friday afternoon to announce that Deputy Jacob Pickett would not survive his injuries.
Just hours earlier Nielsen had performed CPR on Pickett at the scene of the shooting in an effort to save the 34-year-old’s life.
Pickett, a five-year veteran, was the leader of the department’s K-9 team. He also was a husband as well as a father of two preschool-age children.
“It is an unbelievable loss,” Nielsen said.
Three suspects tied to the shooting were in custody, one of whom was shot by police after he shot Pickett as he rounded the corner of a building, the Indiana State Police said.
“I don’t understand evil in our society,” Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter said.
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Events began to unfold when police officers from the Lebanon Police Department went to Yates Street to serve an arrest warrant to a woman wanted on charges of residential entry. About 9:30 a.m. the officers noticed 28-year-old John D. Baldwin Jr., who was known to have an arrest warrant for violating probation on a charge of possession of a syringe, State Police said.
When ordered to stop, Baldwin Jr. and two other people got into a silver Ford Focus and fled. As the officers chased the vehicle through the streets of Lebanon, Deputy Pickett joined.
After about 10 minutes the Focus stopped on Indian Springs Road, and two of the occupants fled on foot. While chasing one of the suspects, Deputy Pickett was shot in the head as he rounded the corner of a building, State Police said.
He was on life support Friday evening pending organ donation.
The man who police believe pulled the trigger, 21-year-old Anthony Baumgardt of Lebanon, was shot by another officer, State Police said. Authorities said Baumgardt’s condition was not life-threatening.
An arrest warrant was out for Baumgardt on a felony charge of theft, online court records indicate.
Another suspect, 55-year-old John Baldwin Sr., also fled on foot but was apprehended, State Police said.
Baldwin Jr., who was driving, fled again in the Focus before being detained by officers on I-65 after another pursuit, police said.
In addition to the warrant out for his arrest, Baldwin Jr. has a criminal record that includes convictions on charges of theft, auto theft and receiving stolen property.
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Boone Co. Sheriff Mike Nielsen, right, listens, as Indiana State Police’s Doug Carter speaks at a press conference, Friday, March 2, 2018, held at St. Vincent’s Hospital, concerning the shooting of Boone County sheriff’s deputy Jacob “Jake” Pickett. The officer, who was helping Lebanon police officers serve a warrant this morning, will not survive his injuries.
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An impromptu gathering was held Friday evening at the Boone County Fairgrounds to mourn Deputy Pickett, a 2002 graduate of Brownsburg High School who had been employed by the Sheriff’s Office since July 2015.
Prior to working for Boone County he served as a deputy for the Tipton County Sheriff’s Department and at the Marion County Jail.
As the sun set on Lebanon, a steady stream of people made their way into the fairgrounds pavilion, many stopping for hugs just outside the door.
Among the rows of cars were police vehicles from communities across the state: Indianapolis, Jamestown, Southport, Greenfield, Lawrence and, of course, Lebanon.
Mark Spurlock of Thorntown said he had met Pickett a few times and had several conversations with him about his K-9, Brick. Spurlock said he felt the need to pay his respects to Pickett’s fellow officers and family.
“He was a laid-back, kind, respectful, generous man,” Spurlock said. “He was a good guy all around.”
Spurlock said his cousin is also a K-9 handler for the Sheriff’s Office, so the tragedy hits home.
“I was shocked,” Spurlock said. “I can’t believe this. In this community, we all know each other, and I just couldn’t believe it.”
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