Woman Sentenced to 70+ Years for Shooting at Deputies

CRESCENT CITY (KIEM)– A Crescent City woman has been sentenced to 70-years to life in prison for attempted murder for shooting at deputies.

45-year-old Michelle Jackson was given the maximum sentence for a 2017 gunfire exchange with sheriff’s deputies at the Shelter Island Mobile Home Park.

In 2017, Del Norte County Sheriff’s Deputies and a California Highway Patrol Officer were investigating a report that a woman threatened to kill a subject at the mobile park. When deputies arrived she initially pointed the gun at her head before turning and shooting at the officers.

Officers fired back, striking Jackson several times. She was treated for her injuries.

She is charged with attempted murder, attempted murder in the second degree, assault with firearm on person, and assault with firearm on peace officer.