LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Police officers were working through the night in their effort to locate a Lakeport man who allegedly tried to shoot another person during a Friday evening fight.
Raymond Richard Casillas, 22, of Lakeport, remained at large early Saturday morning, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said Casillas is wanted for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, being a felon in possession of a firearm and violating parole.
Casillas allegedly was involved in a fight that Rasmussen said occurred in the area of Central Park Avenue and Shady Oak Street.
Rasmussen said Lakeport Police units, assisted by units from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol, were dispatched at approximately 7:30 p.m. to the Central Park and Shady Oak area on the report of a physical fight involving 10 subjects.
As officers and deputies were en route, dispatch advised that several callers were reporting hearing gunfire, Rasmussen said.
When Lakeport Police, CHP and sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene they immediately detained numerous subjects – including Casillas – and began an investigation, Rasmussen said.
Casillas was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car, Rasmussen said.
Investigators determined that Casillas had attempted to shoot another subject several times during the fight. Rasmussen said the alleged victim was able to push the firearm away and escaped unharmed.
Rasmussen said officers located the firearm Casillas is alleged to have used during the fight, a loaded modified rifle, and other associated evidence, at a residence in the 800 block of Central Park Avenue.
A knife also was found in the driveway, Rasmussen said.
A witness told Lake County News that canned tomatoes were being thrown throughout the fight.
Rasmussen confirmed that police collected canned food and beer cans allegedly used during the fight.
“We have collected numerous items of evidence,” he said.
At around 8:45 p.m., while the investigation was still ongoing and officers were interviewing people at the scene, Casillas escaped with the assistance of a female subject identified Dana Rochelle Hueners, 21, of Lakeport, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said Hueners was located in the area a short time later by CHP and arrested for being an accessory to a felony and assisting in an escape from custody.
She was taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital to be checked out for injuries she received in the fight before being taken to the Lake County Jail for booking, according to Rasmussen.
Casillas is an American Indian adult, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 169 pounds, with long black hair worn in a pony tail and brown eyes.
Rasmussen said Casillas was dressed in gray shorts, a light-colored shirt and a black hooded sweatshirt. He also had a bleeding lip from the fight and was handcuffed behind his back when last seen by police.
“We have some belief that he could have been picked up and transported to the Redwood Valley or Ukiah area,” Rasmussen said, adding that Hueners may have made phone calls to arrange a ride for Casillas out of county.
The public is asked not to contact Casillas if located, but to immediately call 911 and report the information to the police.
Rasmussen said police are continuing to work the case throughout the night.
Anyone with information about the fight – including pictures or video – can contact the Lakeport Police Department at
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