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Sheriff’s office investigates Saturday night Kelseyville shooting
Lt. Corey Paulich said just after 11 p.m. sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the 4000 block of Gard Street in Kelseyville for a report of someone being shot at that location.
When deputies arrived, they contacted Bryon Manson, who told them he had shot a male subject in a shed on his property, Paulich said.
Deputies located the male subject in the shed and confirmed he had been shot, finding that he had small wounds consistent with shotgun pellets, Paulich said.
Medical personnel were dispatched and arrived at the scene. Radio reports indicated that an air ambulance was not available to transport the shooting victim, so a Kelseyville Fire ambulance transported him to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport.
Paulich said the wounded man later was transported to an out-of-county medical facility with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Manson told deputies that he and his wife were upstairs getting ready for bed when they heard noises and thought someone was possibly in their house, Paulich said.
Paulich said Manson took his shotgun and began to check around his house. When he went outside he saw someone run from a storage room that was connected to his garage.
Manson then went to the doorway of the storage room. He heard noises coming from inside and believed someone was still in there. He told the person in the storage room that if they came toward him he would shoot them, according to Paulich’s report.
Manson felt someone was coming toward him and he felt threatened so he fired his shotgun, striking the male inside. Paulich said Manson told the male subject to not approach him; when the male subject tried to get up and come toward him, Manson shot him again.
Deputies determined the shotgun used by Manson had a sawed-off barrel that made it illegal to possess, Paulich said.
Paulich said detectives from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit responded to assist with the investigation.
He said additional interviews are taking place and further investigation is being conducted.
No arrests have been made and the case will be submitted to the District Attorney’s Office for review, he said.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Sgt. John Gregore at 707-262-4238 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..