Sheriff's office finds illegal marijuana grows amid deadly shooting, Calaveras County deputies say According to the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened after an argument about "unsafe target shooting." Author: Izzy Greenblatt Updated: 5:03 PM PDT June 28, 2021 The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office said that the shooting happened around 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 26 in the 600 block of Ridge Road in Rail Road Flat. When deputies got to the area, they found a man suffering from at least one gunshot. Emergency medical personnel treated the man and took him to a local hospital, but he died on the way, according to a Facebook post by the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office.