Update: SLO County sheriff looking for truck, video in Paso Robles shooting investigation
Updated, 1:20 p.m.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s help in locating a truck and providing video surveillance of the active shooting in Paso Robles that began June 10 when a deputy was shot in the face and a homeless man was found dead.
Mason James Lira, a 26-year-old homeless man who had a history of mental illness, according to his father, was the sole suspect in the active shooter incident.
Lira led law enforcement on a two-day manhunt following shots fired at the Paso Robles Police Department and at Deputy Nicholas Dreyfus. The search ended in a shootout in Templeton on the afternoon of June 11, when three more officers were shot and Lira was killed by law enforcement.
Sheriff’s detectives are searching for the driver of a white Dodge Ram truck that was seen leaving the area of 10th Street and Riverside Avenue in Paso Robles at 4:20 a.m. June 10, about one minute before the suspect began shooting at the police department, according to the release.
The truck is described as a white Dodge Ram quad cap with a silver tool box in the bed, according to the release. The truck appears to have chrome rims and the license plate was unreadable, the release said.
Sheriff’s detectives are also asking residents and business owners to contact the Sheriff’s Office if they have video footage anytime between the night of June 9 to the afternoon of June 11, according to a news release.
Detectives are requesting surveillance footage from the downtown Paso Robles area and businesses near the Highway 46 and Ramada Drive intersection.
Any residents in the area with home surveillance or doorbell-type camera footage or with information on the truck driver are being asked to contact the detectives at 805-781-4500.
Residents who witnessed any events relating to the search for Lira are also asked to contact sheriff’s detectives, according to the release.
This story was originally published June 17, 2020 at 11:01 AM.
