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Safety Filed Tue, Nov 10 8:14 PM

Lincoln police: charges filed, arrest made in 2024 Earlton Lane homicide

Prosecutors filed homicide charges and a suspect was taken into custody in connection with a December 2024 shooting death on Earlton Lane, Lincoln police said.

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The short version
  1. The Placer County District Attorney's Office filed homicide charges on July 6, 2026, Lincoln police said.
  2. The same day, deputies and Lincoln police detectives located and took a suspect into custody, according to the release.
  3. The case stems from a December 10, 2024, call to a home in the 1200 block of Earlton Lane, where officers found a deceased adult male with gunshot wounds.
  4. Anyone with information is asked to call Lincoln police dispatch at (916) 645-4040. (Release)
What's happening

Charges filed and arrest made in 2024 case

Charges filed
July 6, 2026, by the Placer County District Attorney's Office
Custody
Suspect taken into custody the same day and booked into the South Placer County Jail on suspicion of homicide
Source
City of Lincoln news release

The Placer County District Attorney's Office filed homicide charges on July 6, 2026, according to the City of Lincoln. The same day, Placer County Sheriff's Office deputies and Lincoln Police Department detectives located and took the suspect into custody. The person was later booked into the South Placer County Jail on suspicion of homicide.

When and where

The investigation began in December 2024

When
Shortly before 9:00 p.m. on December 10, 2024
Where
1200 block of Earlton Lane, Lincoln
Source
City of Lincoln news release

On December 10, 2024, shortly before 9:00 p.m., Lincoln police officers responded to a 911 hang-up call from a residence in the 1200 block of Earlton Lane. Officers entered the home to conduct a welfare check and found a deceased adult male with multiple gunshot wounds. A firearm was recovered from the residence.

Lincoln police detectives and a crime scene investigator led the investigation, with help from the Placer County District Attorney's Office. The Placer County Sheriff's Office later identified the victim.

How to take part

Police ask anyone with information to call

Dispatch
(916) 645-4040
Media contact (police)
Captain Zach Eaton, LPDPIO@lincolnca.gov
Media contact (district attorney)
Stephanie Herrera, DAMedia@placer.ca.gov
Source
City of Lincoln news release

The Lincoln Police Department urges anyone with information about this incident to contact its dispatch center at (916) 645-4040.

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