CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Police are on the scene of a triple shooting that resulted in one death in the city of Clearlake early Sunday afternoon, with questioning of several detained individuals under way.
The shooting occurred at a residence located at 15858 19th Ave. shortly before 1 p.m., according to radio reports.
Within just a few hours, police had detained seven people, including two who they were looking for in connection to the shooting.
Clearlake Police Chief Craig Clausen told Lake County News that there were three victims, with one of the individuals having died.
Det. Sgt. Nick Bennett said there was one male dead at the scene, with the two other shooting victims – a female and a male – sustaining injuries that were not life threatening.
Police so far have not released the victims' names.
The female victim was transported to St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake and released shortly afterward, according to police. She had been grazed in the side.
Bennett said the second male shooting victim was hit in the elbow. A CalStar air ambulance, which set down at a landing zone at Ray's Food Place, transported the wounded man to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for treatment.
The motivation for the fight appeared to come from a confrontation that had happened earlier in the day at a store on Dam Road, according to Bennett.
After the fight, one of the subjects involved – who lived on 19th Avenue – returned home. A short time later, the other party involved in the fight, with an additional subject, showed up at the 19th Avenue residence looking for him, Bennett said.
There was a large group of people – including children – at the scene, which is near a dead end. Bennett said one of the suspects pulled a handgun, got out of the vehicle and fired numerous rounds, killing the one male and wounding the two others.
The suspects then fled the scene in what was described as a dark-colored van, according to reports from the scene.
Nearby St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake was reported to be on lockdown following the incident.
The District Attorney's Office arrived at the scene to assist with the investigation.
Clearlake Police Det. Ryan Peterson was working at the scene with a metal detector and measuring roller.
Then, just before 3 p.m., police responded to a house on 21st Avenue, where they were using a public address system to tell a woman and her child to come out of the home.
Reports from the scene indicated seven individuals were detained shortly thereafter, with two individuals wanted in connection to the shootings among them.
Bennett said those two subjects had not been arrested as of 4:30 p.m.
Additional details will be posted as they become available.
The Sunday shooting followed an early morning stabbing incident involving two victims on Grant Drive in Clearlake. Both of those subjects were transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
Police have not yet released a report on the stabbing.
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