Hunting Incident 

April 7, 2025 – Sutter County Sheriff's Office officials report that on Sunday, April 6, 2025, around 9:00 a.m. deputies responded to the area of Gifford Road just Southeast of Knights Landing in the Fremont Weir Wildlife Area, for a report of a hunting incident. Once on scene, a 65-year-old male was located with a single gunshot wound and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The suspect was identified as 80-year-old John Lee out of Sacramento. Both the victim & the suspect were turkey hunting, separately. Lee was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Sutter County Jail for second degree murder and negligent discharge of a firearm.

This investigation is active. More information will be released as it becomes available.

Source: Sutter County Sheriff's Office