Critical Infrastructure and Utilities

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office says a PG&E contract worker and two deputies were wounded Thursday in Camino, California, after a gunman allegedly fired on a utility crew and later exchanged shots with responding officers. Deputies first responded around 7:25 a.m. to Mountain View Drive after a Pacific Gas and Electric crew reported being shot at from a nearby home, with one worker hospitalized with what officials described as non‑life‑threatening injuries. A SWAT team arrived and, during an attempted de‑escalation roughly three hours later, an officer‑involved shooting occurred in which two deputies and the suspect were hit and taken to the hospital; the deputies were listed in stable condition while the suspect’s condition was not immediately known. PG&E and IBEW Local 1245 confirmed the wounded worker was a union member and emphasized that utility crews already face dangerous conditions and should not have to fear violence from residents they are trying to serve. The case remains under active investigation, and the episode adds to growing concern in utility and law‑enforcement circles about armed confrontations with workers repairing or maintaining critical infrastructure in residential areas.