KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Sunday night shooting in the Kelseyville area that left a male subject critically injured.

Kelseyville Fire Protection District personnel were dispatched to the 6300 block of Soda Bay Road at around 6:20 p.m. Sunday on the report of a gunshot wound, according to scanner traffic.

Due to concerns that the assailant was still in the area, firefighters staged at Clear Lake State Park for more than 10 minutes while law enforcement cleared the scene for them to go in.

Lt. Corey Paulich said the male victim was walking on Soda Bay Road near the Soda Bay Market with a couple of friends when they were confronted by two other males.

Paulich said the victim was shot in the leg by one of the other males.

Radio reports stated that an air ambulance responded to a landing zone at Clear Lake State Park to transport the shooting victim to an out-of-county trauma center.

Paulich said the victim is in critical condition.

Lake County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Division detectives responded, and the investigation is continuing, Paulich said.

Paulich said that the male subject responsible for committing the shooting has so far not been identified.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Jerry Pfann at 707-262-4236.

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