CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Two Clearlake men have been arrested for their alleged participation in a Sunday afternoon triple shooting that left one of the victims dead.
Joshua Beavers, 24, and Orlando Esquivel Sr., 48, were arrested shortly before 5 p.m. in connection with the homicide, according to Clearlake Police Chief Craig Clausen.
Clausen reported that at approximately 12:53 p.m., officers were dispatched to a possible shooting near the intersection of Gardner Avenue and 19th Avenue.
Officers arrived and located three victims suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Lake County Fire personnel pronounced one male subject deceased at the scene, Clausen said.
Sgt. Nick Bennett said a female shooting victim who had been grazed in the side by a bullet was transported to St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake and released a short time later.
The third victim, a male who sustained a gunshot wound to the elbow, was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to Bennett.
Police said the names of the three victims are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
A confidential “be on the lookout” was issued to surrounding law enforcement agencies with possible suspect and suspect vehicle information, Clausen said.
Using leads on the suspects' whereabouts, police located the suspect vehicle – a dark-colored van – along with Beavers and Esquivel in the 16000 block of 21st Avenue shortly before 3 p.m., according to police and reports from the scene.
A total of seven people were detained, including Beavers and Esquivel, who were questioned and later arrested, police reported.
Members of the Lake County District Attorney’s Office and Clearlake Police Department are securing two separate locations in anticipation of the issuance of a search warrant, police said.
Bennett told Lake County News that the shooting appeared to have been motivated by a fight earlier on Sunday at a Dam Road store between one of the suspects and the shooting victims.
Beavers and Esquivel are alleged to have gone to the 19th Avenue residence, where a handgun was fired at a large group of people, including children, resulting in the one death and injuries to the other two victims, Bennett said.
Clausen said his agency will release additional information on the case as soon as it is able to do so.
Anyone with additional investigation is encouraged to contact Clearlake Police Det. Ryan Peterson at 707-994-8251, Extension 320.
Clearlake correspondent Denise Rockenstein contributed to this report.
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