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One case involved a drive-by shooting, while in the second a woman said a man shot a gun in the air after confronting her, according to Sgt. Rodd Joseph.
At 8:30 p.m. Wednesday Clearlake Police dispatch received a call of several shots seen being fired from a moving vehicle on Dam Road near the intersection with Lake Street, Joseph said.
The reporting party stated the vehicle was a small 1990s maroon two-door coupe. Joseph said the suspect vehicle was not a hatchback and had square-shaped rear tail lights. It was last seen traveling south on Lake Street towards Lower Lake from Dam Road.
A short while later a person, wishing to remain anonymous, told police that a vehicle had been shot at near the intersection of Dam Road and Lake Street only a short time earlier, Joseph said. The person also told police where the victim vehicle could be located.
Joseph said officers located the vehicle parked in an apartment complex in the 3800 block of Old Highway 53. The vehicle had two undisclosed caliber bullets holes in the passenger side of the vehicle.
He said officers learned that the two occupants, an adult female driver and a 17-year-old passenger, both of Clearlake, had been shot at while driving on Dam Road from another vehicle, believed to be the same two-door maroon coupe identified by a witness.
Neither of the victim vehicle’s two occupants were injured in the shooting. Joseph said both occupants were uncooperative with police but have provided some information leading officers to believe that shooting was possibly gang-related and targeted towards the occupants of this particular vehicle.
Though the victims in this particular incident are unwilling to cooperate with the investigation, the Clearlake Police Department is committed to finding those responsible for this violent assault, Joseph said.
In the second case, Joseph said officers responded to the Burns Valley Shopping Mall on Olympic Drive on a report of another shooting incident.
He said a woman called Clearlake Police Dispatch and stated that she was driving in the parking lot of the shopping center when a male confronted her over her looking at him.
A short argument ensued and the woman began driving away from the male suspect. Joseph said the male suspect then allegedly pulled a gun and fired approximately two shots up into the air. The woman and her adult male passenger were not injured.
The woman was frightened and called 911. Joseph said three Clearlake police officers arrived on scene within minutes of the call.
The suspect was described as a white male adult about 18 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall with a slender to average sized build and short dirty blond colored hair.
Joseph said the suspect was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt over a black long-sleeved sweatshirt, dark-colored pants and a black-colored baseball cap. He was wearing a black cloth-type backpack and pushing a gray-colored BMX style bike.
The suspect was last seen heading west through the parking lot. Joseph said the suspect was with a white female adult, also about 18 years of age with brown shoulder length hair, who last was seen wearing dark colored clothing.
Clearlake Police officers immediately established a perimeter around the shopping center and the walnut tree orchard directly to the north of the shopping center, Joseph said.
Officers obtained Lakeshore Fire and Rescue’s Forward Looking Infra-Red video monitor and attempted to locate the suspects in the orchard, a possible area where the suspect had fled to, he said.
Joseph said that the suspect weren't located following a search than lasted between 45 minutes and one hour.
Anyone with information about these two incidents is urged to contact the Clearlake Police Department at (707) 994-8251. You may remain anonymous.
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