Clearlake Police Chief Allan McClain said his investigators are interviewing people and following up on information they've received about the death of Anthony Richard Cruz, 30.
Cruz was shot just after 5 a.m. Sept. 4 while he stood at the window in a back bedroom of his house, as Lake County News has reported.
Police say Cruz may have been confronting people attempting to steal marijuana from behind his Spruce Avenue home when he was shot.
A single gunshot was reported to have come from a subject behind the house. An autopsy conducted on Cruz last week confirmed that he died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, McClain said.
The state Department of Justice, which sent criminalists to help investigate the scene, haven't yet provided Clearlake Police with any findings, as the evidence they gathered is still being processed, said McClain.
Investigators have interviewed a subject with whom Cruz had an altercation in the days before his death. That individual is a “person of interest” at this point, said McClain.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Officer Michael Ray of the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251.
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