KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Kelseyville man who earlier this summer was arrested for ramming his pickup into his estranged wife's vehicle was arrested Saturday after he allegedly beat the woman and shot her male friend.
Andrew James Serrano, 38, was arrested Saturday afternoon by Lake County Sheriff's Det. Mike Curran.
Serrano is alleged to have shot Kelseyville resident William Turner, 41, in the chest in an incident that occurred at the Serranos' home at 3050 Big Valley Road shortly before 12:30 p.m., according to radio reports.
The initial calls to 911 indicated that Turner was shot in the upper right side of his chest. Reports from the scene indicated he was conscious and talking when medics arrived, and may have suffered more than one gunshot wound.
Serrano also allegedly assaulted his estranged wife, Lesa Serrano, beating her so badly she was left with a concussion.
Calls to 911 indicated that Andrew Serrano had Lesa Serrano by the hair out in the home's yard and was holding a gun to her head.
Sheriff's deputies arriving at the scene found Andrew Serrano and took him into custody at gunpoint, according to radio reports.
A REACH air ambulance landed in a field near the home to transport Turner to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. The helicopter lifted off for Santa Rosa just after 1 p.m.
Family members began arriving at the home's driveway entrance a short time after the incident and were instructed to leave by sheriff's deputies, according to radio reports.
Lesa Serrano was transported from the scene by a friend who took her to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Her head was bandaged and she was complaining of pain and nausea.
Sheriff's deputies and an investigator secured the scene Saturday afternoon. Crime scene tape ringed an area of the yard and the back side of the house.
Within the taped-off area were two pickups, a light-colored extended cab with the doors on the driver's side standing open and what appeared to be a dark-green pickup with a lumber rack.
Officials on scene said they could not comment on the case's particulars.
Serrano was booked into the Lake County Jail late Saturday afternoon for attempted murder, felony assault with a firearm and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, and a misdemeanor violation of a domestic violence restraining order. A no-bail hold was placed on him for the attempted murder charge.
His booking sheet indicated he is due to appear in Lake County Superior Court on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
On July 2 Lakeport Police had arrested Andrew Serrano for felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, a felony count of hit-and-run resulting in injury, a misdemeanor violation of a domestic violence restraining order and two misdemeanor violations of civil harassment restraining orders after he rammed his pickup into Lesa Serrano's SUV, as Lake County News has reported.
He allegedly circled a Lakeport restaurant where Lesa Serrano and two friends were eating three times before the ramming incident, according to the initial police report.
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