CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Clearlake Police officers are investigating a Saturday confrontation between two people in a city store.
Two people got into an argument at the Dollar Tree on Olympic Drive in the Burns Valley Mall, which was reported to police at approximately 5:16 p.m., according to Sgt. Martin Snyder.
“One of the people made a criminal threat of shooting somebody,” said Snyder.
Other customers in the store took that threat to mean that the subject actually had a gun, although Snyder said no gun actually was brandished or seen, based on the investigation so far.
A number of people ran to the back of the store, where they called police, Snyder said.
Witnesses reported to Lake County News that a number of police responded to the shopping center in response to the incident.
By the time police arrived, Snyder said both of the individuals involved in the confrontation had left the scene.
Snyder said the case currently is under investigation.
Anyone with information on the incident can call the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251.
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