CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department has arrested one man and is seeking a second who they say is a person of interest in connection to a drive-by shooting at a home last week.

Sgt. Nick Bennett said police arrested 35-year-old Jose Serapio Murillo of Clearlake and are looking for 29-year-old Clearlake resident Shade Hill.

He said the incident in question occurred just before 6 p.m. last Thursday, May 30.

At that time Clearlake Police were dispatched to the 1400 Block of Cresta Avenue on a report of a possible drive-by shooting, Bennett said.

The reporting persons were having a barbecue in the front yard of a residence when a vehicle first drove by at a high rate of speed traveling on Hillcrest Avenue, according to Bennett.

A person in the front yard yelled at the driver to slow down and the driver of the vehicle slid to a stop, skidding over several rocks and flattening two tires, Bennett said.

Bennett said the vehicle's occupant and the persons in the yard exchanged words and the vehicle drove away.

Approximately two hours later, the barbecue was continuing and the same vehicle again drove by. This time, Bennett said, there were two subjects in the vehicle and the passenger pointed a rifle out the passenger window and fired a shot from the vehicle toward the people standing in the yard.

No one was injured by the fired round, Bennett said.

Bennett said the driver of the vehicle was identified as Murillo.

He said Clearlake Police officers immediately began searching for the suspect vehicle.

At approximately 9 p.m. officers responded to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle on Manzanita and Davis Avenues and located the suspect vehicle, according to Bennett's report.

The vehicle was seized and searched under a search warrant issued by a Lake County Superior Court judge. Bennett said evidence located within the vehicle tied it into the drive-by shooting.  

On Monday, June 3, Clearlake Police Officer Chris Reagan conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a mechanical violation. The passenger in the vehicle was identified as Murillo, the subject wanted in connection to the drive-by shooting, Bennett said.

Clearlake detectives were contacted and responded to continue the investigation. Based on the investigation so far, Clearlake Police have identified Hill as an additional person of interest in the case, according to Bennett.

Murillo was booked into the Lake County Jail for charges relating to the drive-by shooting, including felony conspiracy, being an accessory and allowing discharge of a firearm from a vehicle. He remained in custody late Wednesday, with bail set at $70,000, according to jail records.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact Det. Ryan Peterson at 707-994-8251, Extension 320.