LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office reported that it has taken a man into custody for an early Thursday morning shooting in Clearlake Oaks that killed a woman and injured three others, including a child.
Ezequiel Bravo Jr., 24, was located and arrested several hours after the Thursday shooting by sheriff's deputies and Clearlake Police officers, the sheriff's office reported.
The agency initially offered little information about Bravo, but said it would provide further details of the incident as the investigation progressed.
Authorities said it was Bravo who shot four people early Thursday at Elem Indian Colony in Clearlake Oaks, as Lake County News has reported.
The sheriff's office said Bravo – also known as “Junior” – showed up at a residence at the Elem Indian Colony armed with a shotgun.
Authorities said he entered the home and shot four people, killing one adult female, injuring an adult male and adult female, and also injuring a 6-year-old girl.
Just before 2:30 a.m. firefighters and sheriff's deputies responded to the rancheria on the report of a gunshot victim, according to radio reports.
One victim was declared dead at the scene, one had reportedly driven herself to the hospital and two others were taken by ambulance to St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake, where two air ambulances were waiting to take two of the victims to out-of-county trauma centers, reports from the scene indicated.
After the shooting, the sheriff's office said Bravo fled the scene in a vehicle which later was found in Clearlake Oaks. Bravo was taken into custody separately later on Thursday.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Lake County Sheriff's Detective Richard Kreutzer at 707-262-4233.
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