Editor’s note: The story has been updated regarding the attempted murder charge.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Three men have been charged in connection to a driveby shooting that injured a teenager last week.The Lake County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Logan Dante Marschall, 19, of Lakeport, Ronald David Isiah Medina, 20, of Lucerne, and Eddie Franklin Knight III related to the May 9 shooting of Damian Wurm, 18, in Nice.
On Monday, detectives from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit served two search warrants in Lucerne and Lakeport, with Marschall and Medina both arrested later that day.
In a charging document filed with the Lake County Superior Court on Wednesday, authorities said at that point that Medina was in custody, Marschall was no longer in custody and Knight had not been arrested.
Medina and Knight are charged with attempted murder.
In addition, Medina, identified as the shooter, is charged with felonies including assault with a firearm; shooting a 9 millimeter handgun at an occupied vehicle on Lakeview Drive and Buckingham Way in Nice; committing a driveby shooting by shooting at Wurm, who was not in a vehicle; a special allegation of use of a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury on Wurm; and a special allegation of aggravating factors including the crime involving great violence, use of a weapon, a particularly vulnerable victim, the crime involved planning and sophistication and conduct indicating danger to society.Medina also is charged with two misdemeanors for unlawfully transferring/selling a firearm without involving a licensed dealer.
Knight was charged with a felony for knowingly permitting another to discharge a firearm from a vehicle he drove.
Knight and Marschall also are charged with misdemeanors for harboring Medina in order for him to evade arrest.
At a Wednesday court appearance, the District Attorney’s Office argued for Medina to remain in custody with no bail.
However, Chief Deputy District Attorney Rich Watson said the court analyzed the case based on current law and released Medina on his own recognizance.
Watson said the terms of that release include Medina being placed on home detention and having an ankle monitor that is monitored by the Probation Department.
“He is subject to search and seizure and cannot be in possession of any firearms. A full no contact criminal protective order was issued protecting the named victim,” Watson said.
Correction: A previous version of the story incorrectly stated that Marschall also had been charged with attempted murder. Lake County News regrets the error.
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