It's a truly odd day in Claremont. We received a couple emails on a possible police shooting in the Claremont Village. This was the first note we received:
DATE: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:07 AMAnother writer indicated that a call to the police department yielded the same information and that the person answering at the department's phone would only refer the caller to the watch commander. The caller reported that the person on the phone at the Claremont PD would only say they were not allowed to comment and that "it was not newsworthy."
SUBJECT: Police shooting in Claremont this morning
TO: Claremont Buzz
My wife called me this morning saying the Police shot someone around 8th and Yale. I called the police, but they would only confirm there was a shooting.
In other apparently unrelated news, the CPD website posted a news release this afternoon about an apparent homicide in a residence on the 700 block of W. Arrow Hwy. This is what the CPD release said:
Possible Homicide
On Friday January 30, 2009 at about 11:15 a.m., officers responded to a residence in the 700 block W. Arrow Hwy. to check on the welfare of the resident after the resident's employer reported that he did not show up for work. Responding officers found inside the residence a deceased male adult, possibly the resident, who appears to be in his 50's or 60's; identification is pending. The cause of death is not yet determined, but does not appear to be natural, accidental, or self inflicted. Further details regarding the possible cause of death will remain undisclosed until further investigation can be conducted.
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