U.S. Forest Service employees freed after 15-hour hostage ordeal in California

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18 July 2026 at 11:16 am

U.S. Forest Service employees freed after 15-hour hostage ordeal in California

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Two U.S. Forest Service employees were freed after being held at gunpoint for 15 hours by a man and his son in a trailer at Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California.

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