CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Police have arrested two additional suspects in connection to a Sunday triple shooting that led to one man's death, bringing the total number of people in custody in the case to four, and also have located two weapons.
The shooting took place shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday at a residence located at 19th and Gardner avenues, as Lake County News has reported.
On Sunday, police arrested Joshua Robert Beavers, 24, and Orlando Esquivel Sr., 48, for the fatal shooting, and followed up on Monday by arresting Angel Aileen Esquivel, 50, and Brenden Alicea, 26, on allegations that they were accomplices, according to Sgt. Nick Bennett. All the suspects are from Clearlake.
In the Sunday incident police said three people were shot and one male subject died. The two other shooting victims – a man and a woman – sustained injuries that were not life-threatening. The woman was treated at released at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake and the man was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
Bennett said the shooting appears to have been motivated by a fight at a Dam Road store earlier on Sunday between one of the shooting victims and one of the suspects. The suspects later allegedly drove to the 19th Avenue home and shot at a crowd of people that included children, hitting the three victims.
Bennett said early Monday afternoon that police were not yet releasing the victims' names.
Within a few hours of the shooting, police had surrounded a home on 21st Avenue and detained several suspects, among them Beavers and Orlando Esquivel Sr., who were arrested Sunday afternoon, as Lake County News has reported.
Beavers is being held on charges of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a crime, assault with a firearm, ex-felon in possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person. His bail is set at $1 million.
Orlando Esquivel's booking sheet hadn't been posted by 2 p.m. Monday.
On Monday, Bennett said police arrested Alicea and Angel Esquivel. Both also had been detained at the 21st Avenue residence.
Bennett said investigators believe the two alleged accomplices tried to hide evidence of the crimes.
“As the investigation continued, their involvement became apparent,” Bennett said.
Angel Esquivel and Alicea are both charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, with bail set at $1 million each, according to their booking sheets.
Additional arrests could be forthcoming, Bennett said. “There may be other persons of interest we're looking for,” he added.
In other investigation developments, an overnight search by police led to the discovery of two weapons in the area of 16th and Boyles avenues, Bennett said.
The weapons, which Bennett said were hidden under some bushes, included a semiautomatic .22-caliber handgun that is believed to be the murder weapon, along with a .410 shotgun with a pistol grip that was present but not used.
Anyone with additional investigation is encouraged to contact Clearlake Police Det. Ryan Peterson at 707-994-8251, Extension 320.
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