Cal Fire Employee Booked on Two Homicide Counts After Cameron Park Shooting
Investigators have not disclosed the victims’ identities or a possible motive.
Overview
- Deputies responded around 9 p.m. Thursday to reports of gunfire at a home near Oakwood and Chelsea roads in Cameron Park.
- A woman died at the scene and a boy died at a hospital, and a second juvenile from the home was located safe.
- Investigators identified Darin McFarlin, 47, of Cameron Park, who was detained just after midnight Friday in Mono County.
- McFarlin, confirmed by the sheriff’s office as a Cal Fire employee, was booked into El Dorado County Jail without bail on two homicide counts.
- Authorities have not released the victims’ names or described any relationship to the suspect, and multiple agencies assisted in the investigation.