LAKEPORT, Calif. – A retired police commander and part-time sheriff's deputy whose wife allegedly shot him early Friday morning has died.

Robert Piveronas, 66, died early Saturday, according to District Attorney Don Anderson, whose agency is leading the investigation into the shooting.

Piveronas was shot at around 7 a.m. Friday at his Reeves Lane home in Lakeport, as Lake County News has reported.

District Attorney's Office investigators arrested his 63-year-old wife, Paula Ann Piveronas, about two hours later for attempted murder, assault with a firearm and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse.

Reports from the scene indicated Paula Piveronas had shot three times, hitting her husband once in the chest and once in the stomach.

Anderson said Paula Piveronas used a handgun to shoot her husband.

“There's no question that she's the shooter,” Anderson said.

Robert Piveronas was flown by air ambulance from Lampson Field to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on Friday morning, Anderson said.

Sometime overnight, before Robert Piveronas died, his wife posted the required 10-percent portion of her $700,000 bail and was released from the Lake County Jail, according to Anderson.

Anderson, whose office is taking the lead on the case pursuant to the county's critical incident protocol, said he was not yet issuing an arrest warrant charging Paula Piveronas with murder.

He said his staff has more work to do on the investigation before they actually charge her with anything.

“There's a lot to this case,” Anderson said.

Lab and autopsy results, and more interviews with people who knew the couple are parts of the investigation that are yet to be completed, according to Anderson.

So far, Anderson and his investigators aren't sure of what precipitated the shooting.

Piveronas, a retired commander from the Hillsborough Police Department, had for the last several years worked as a seasonal boat patrol deputy with the Lake County Sheriff's Office, and also served as a bailiff in the courts.

Known to his friends as “Piv,” he also was a pilot and past president of the Lake County Airmens Association, according to association member Damon Trimble.

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