Two U.S. Forest Service Biologists Freed Safely After Armed Father-Son Duo Takes Them Hostage in California — Kash Patel Praises “Elite FBI Teams” After Dramatic 10-Hour Standoff
FBI Director Kash Patel announced a massive, high-stakes tactical operation in California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest that successfully neutralized a dangerous hostage crisis. Two U.S. Forest Service biologists conducting fieldwork near Gumboot Lake were approached by 49-year-old Joseph Charles Henrichsen and his adult son, Phoenix Henrichsen, KTVU reported. The biologists were zip-tied and held captive inside a trailer at gunpoint. Joseph Henrichsen was armed with an