KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident last week in which a Kelseyville man said he shot at four males who were on his property, with the men in question telling authorities they were there because they had gotten lost while on the way to visit a friend.
The noninjury shooting occurred on the night of Saturday, Feb. 16, according to Lt. Corey Paulich.
Paulich said that just after 9 p.m. Saturday sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence located in the 9800 block of Diener Drive in Kelseyville, where the home’s owner, 29-year-old Trevor McAfee, reported he had discharged his handgun at four males who came to his property and pointed a firearm at him. McAfee reported that the four males had fled on foot.
While the deputies were responding they received additional information from David Brooks, who reported that his friends had gotten lost while coming to visit him at his home located on Seigler Springs Road North, Paulich said.
Brooks told authorities that his friends went to the wrong property and someone shot at them. Paulich said Brooks had located two of his friends running down the road and waited for deputies near Diamond Dust Trail and Highway 175.
Paulich said Brooks told deputies that earlier he was at his residence speaking to his friends on the phone. He was explaining to them that they were at the wrong residence, and he could hear someone yelling at them and told them to give the phone to the person yelling at them. He then heard several gunshots while on the phone.
Brooks then traveled to the area and located his friends running down the road, Paulich said.
The deputies – with assistance from officers from the California Highway Patrol – contacted McAfee at his residence, which Paulich said was located several miles out an unmaintained road with several gates.
McAfee told deputies he heard a loud vehicle outside his trailer. He went outside with his handgun and saw four males walking towards him. McAfee reported to deputies that he told the males to get off his property and they refused, according to Paulich’s report.
Paulich said McAfee told deputies that the driver of the vehicle pointed a silver revolver at him so he fired two or three shots and all the males ran away.
The deputies examined the vehicle that had been left at McAfee’s property. They observed holes in the vehicle consistent with bullet holes. They did not find any firearms or ammunition in the vehicle, Paulich said.
Paulich said deputies were able to speak to the males who had fled McAfee’s residence. The males told deputies they had traveled from the Oakland area to visit Brooks. They tried to use their GPS, but ended up at McAfee’s residence.
The men said McAfee was yelling at them to leave. They were on the phone with Brooks and tried to explain to McAfee that they were lost. Paulich said they told deputies that when they tried to hand the cell phone to McAfee he started shooting at them and they ran away.
The men told deputies they never had a firearm, Paulich said.
Paulich told Lake County News that the sheriff’s office has had minimal previous contacts with McAfee, and none of them were negative.
The investigation is being forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for review and determination of criminal charges, Paulich said.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 707-263-2690.
Authorities investigate noninjury Kelseyville shooting; property owner shot at men who said they got lost
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