KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is not making public any information about an assault case last weekend in which a man was found in Kelseyville with multiple stab wounds.
The victim, described as a male subject in his mid-40s, was found at Store 24 in Kelseyville early on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 6, according to Shane Tinker, a firefighter with Kelseyville Fire Protection District.
Tinker was on the scene and spoke to Lake County News with the permission of district Chief Mike Stone, who also confirmed the weekend incident occurred.
Tinker could not release certain details about the case, including the man’s name, due to federal medical privacy laws.
Firefighters were dispatched at approximately 2:03 a.m. Sunday and directed to stage at the downtown fire department in response to a stabbing victim at the convenience store, located on Main Street, according to Tinker.
Once a deputy cleared the scene firefighters arrived at the store to find the man sitting on the ground against the outside door of the gas station’s bathroom, Tinker said.
Tinker said the man told him that he had been attacked on Reeves Lane outside of Lakeport.
The victim, who Tinker described as being in distress, told firefighters he had no idea who jumped him or what weapon they used to assault him.
Firefighters wanted to fly the man out of county due to his injuries, but an air ambulance wasn’t available due to weather. A Kelseyville Fire ambulance transported the man to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport, Tinker said.
At Sutter Lakeside an emergency room doctor counted about a dozen stab wounds on the left side of the man’s chest, left arm and the left side of his back, according to Tinker.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has released no report on the case over the past several days, and did not respond to a request from Lake County News regarding the case or possible investigation.
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