A man was shot to death in a quiet east Redding neighborhood Thursday and a suspect is in custody. At about 10am police got multiple calls about shots fired in the Wilshire Drive neighborhood near Brent Road. When officers arrived they found a dead man with a gunshot wound lying on the ground near a driveway. Witnesses described a man seen running away. An “Alert Shasta” notification was made to ask that people in the area stay in their homes while a search was done by multiple RPD officers and a CHP helicopter. Police focused in on the nearby home of 34-year-old Robert Milton. He came out of the house with a gun in his hands, but was taken into custody peacefully. Police say the victim, an unidentified elderly man, had been walking when he was violently confronted by Milton.
– Steve Gibson