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LAKEPORT, Calif. – An upcoming meeting will offer community members information about the Lake Ministerial Association Warming Center, which will open for the season in December.
The community meeting will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at the Lakeport Community Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1111 Park Way.
The church also is the location of the warming center, which is scheduled to open on Monday, Dec. 4.
The Nov. 6 meeting will focus on what the center is all about, who it is helping, its goals, how people can volunteer and donate, and how the center impacts the community.
For more information contact District 4 Supervisor Tina Scott at 707-849-4414.
The community meeting will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at the Lakeport Community Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1111 Park Way.
The church also is the location of the warming center, which is scheduled to open on Monday, Dec. 4.
The Nov. 6 meeting will focus on what the center is all about, who it is helping, its goals, how people can volunteer and donate, and how the center impacts the community.
For more information contact District 4 Supervisor Tina Scott at 707-849-4414.
MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – Mendocino National Forest officials reported that a small wildland fire is burning on forest lands.
The Doe fire started on Sunday and is reported at less than 1/10 acre on Doe Ridge in the Yolla-Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness according to Nancy Henderson, the forest’s public affairs officer.
Henderson said Monday that the Ukiah California Conservation Corps firefighting crew was hiking into the area to work on the incident.
She said the Doe fire is the only fire currently burning on the Mendocino National Forest.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Lake County’s sheriff has issued a report with new details on a deadly Monday shooting spree in Clearlake Oaks, with the suspect in custody and the investigation continuing.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Alan Ashmore, 61 years of age for two counts of homicide as well as multiple other counts of assault with a firearm following shootings that left two adult males dead, one adult female civilian wounded and one California Highway Patrol officer injured after he was struck in his body armor by gunfire from Ashmore, according to Sheriff Brian Martin.
Previous reports had put the total number of shooting victims at five, but Martin told Lake County News that the number was reduced to four after it was discovered that one civilian who had believed to have been wounded was not struck by gunfire.
Martin said the original call came into the sheriff’s office at approximately 11:23 a.m.
The preliminary investigation showed that Ashmore shot into several residences in the 13000 block of Anchor Village in Clearlake Oaks, Martin said. The two homicide victims were located at different locations in the same block.
Ashmore also shot a female resident on the same street, Martin said.
Martin said Ashmore then left the residence and went to a local gas station where he shot at a civilian who happened to be a licensed concealed weapon holder. This person returned fire, striking Ashmore’s vehicle.
Ashmore then went to another gas station where he shot at other people. As of the release of Martin’s report at about 4 p.m. Monday, there were no known injuries from the incident at the second gas station, Martin said.
Martin said the CHP officer was shot early in on in the incident. The officer had non-life threatening injuries.
Witnesses provided a description of the vehicle Ashmore was driving – a white SUV – as well as a direction of travel on High Valley Road, Martin said.
A report of a fire that had just started on High Valley Road came into the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Central Dispatch and that fire is being investigated as arson, Martin said.
Martin said the investigation also will focus on determining whether or not Ashmore started that fire.
As deputies were searching for Ashmore, Brassfield Winery reported that Ashmore had shot at employees there, according to Martin.
Responding deputies were able to locate Ashmore’s vehicle and pursued him for several miles, Martin said.
Other responding deputies and officers from Lakeport Police Department and CHP set up a roadblock. When Ashmore encountered the roadblock, he surrendered without incident, Martin said.
Several firearms were recovered from his vehicle and they are believed to be the weapons used in the murders, Martin said. He previously confirmed to Lake County News that a shotgun was among the weapons.
Lake County Sheriff’s detectives, with assistance from the CHP, Clearlake Police Department, Lakeport Police Department and the Lake County District Attorney’s Office are processing multiple crime scenes, Martin said.
Martin said Ashmore is expected to be booked into the Lake County Jail on multiple charges.
The investigation is ongoing and further details will be released as they become available, Martin said.
Meanwhile, the public is being asked for any information they may have concerning this investigation.
If you have information, please contact Det. Sgt. John Gregore at 707-262-4238.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The investigation into a fatal shooting in Clearlake Oaks is continuing.
The incident occurred Monday morning, as Lake County News has reported.
Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin said Alan Ashmore, 61, of Clearlake Oaks is being held for the shooting.
Two people are dead and two others – including a California Highway Patrol officer – were wounded during the incident, which Martin said occurred across multiple locations.
John Jensen of Lake County News was at the scene Monday afternoon and filed the video report shown above.
A previous version of this story stated that the sheriff reported a total of five people had been shot, with two dead and three wounded. However, the sheriff followed up to report that there were two wounded, not three, for a total of four victims.
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The Lake County sheriff has identified the man believed responsible for shooting four people – and killing two of them – in Clearlake Oaks on Monday morning.
Sheriff Brian Martin said Alan Ashmore, 61, of Clearlake Oaks is being held for the shooting.
Martin said the shooting has left two people dead and two wounded, with the wounded including a California Highway Patrol officer. The officer had non-life threatening injuries, Martin said.
The shooting was first reported before 11:30 a.m. and continued at multiple locations around Clearlake Oaks, including the Clearlake Oaks Post Office, Anchor Village in the Clearlake Keys and Brassfield Winery, as Lake County News has reported.
Martin said there may be as many as eight crime scenes that are part of the investigation, including several homes on Anchor Village.
Ashmore was apprehended at around noon in a white SUV on High Valley Road by sheriff’s deputies, Lakeport Police and the California Highway Patrol, officials reported.
“Our deputies had leads from witnesses with a vehicle description. They were able to track him down and catch up with him as he fled the scene,” Martin said.
Authorities had set up a roadblock on High Valley Road, which Martin said has only one way in and one way out.
Martin said Ashmore led authorities on a four-mile pursuit until he came across the roadblock.
“And then he gave up easily,” Martin said.
The shooting involved several different firearms, including a shotgun, according to Martin.
Martin said a Chevrolet Camaro that originally was listed as having been a possible suspect vehicle turned out to involve a witness – “one of many,” he added – who was speaking with investigators.
Details on a possible criminal history for Ashmore were not immediately available.
A previous version of this story stated that the sheriff reported a total of five people had been shot, with two dead and three wounded. However, the sheriff followed up to report that there were two wounded, not three, for a total of four victims.
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Sheriff Brian Martin said Alan Ashmore, 61, of Clearlake Oaks is being held for the shooting.
Martin said the shooting has left two people dead and two wounded, with the wounded including a California Highway Patrol officer. The officer had non-life threatening injuries, Martin said.
The shooting was first reported before 11:30 a.m. and continued at multiple locations around Clearlake Oaks, including the Clearlake Oaks Post Office, Anchor Village in the Clearlake Keys and Brassfield Winery, as Lake County News has reported.
Martin said there may be as many as eight crime scenes that are part of the investigation, including several homes on Anchor Village.
Ashmore was apprehended at around noon in a white SUV on High Valley Road by sheriff’s deputies, Lakeport Police and the California Highway Patrol, officials reported.
“Our deputies had leads from witnesses with a vehicle description. They were able to track him down and catch up with him as he fled the scene,” Martin said.
Authorities had set up a roadblock on High Valley Road, which Martin said has only one way in and one way out.
Martin said Ashmore led authorities on a four-mile pursuit until he came across the roadblock.
“And then he gave up easily,” Martin said.
The shooting involved several different firearms, including a shotgun, according to Martin.
Martin said a Chevrolet Camaro that originally was listed as having been a possible suspect vehicle turned out to involve a witness – “one of many,” he added – who was speaking with investigators.
Details on a possible criminal history for Ashmore were not immediately available.
A previous version of this story stated that the sheriff reported a total of five people had been shot, with two dead and three wounded. However, the sheriff followed up to report that there were two wounded, not three, for a total of four victims.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has secured multiple crime scenes in Clearlake Oaks as it attempts to determine the motive in a Monday morning shooting that killed two people and wounded two others, with one of the surviving wounded being a California Highway Patrol officer.
Sheriff Brian Martin said one man is in custody for the incident, first reported before 11:30 a.m. Monday and spread out across numerous locations around the town, including the area of the Clearlake Post Office to the Clearlake Keys and Brassfield Winery.
Martin said there are a total of four victims – two civilian dead, one civilian wounded and the one wounded CHP officer.
He said no names are being released at this time.
Martin said several different firearms were involved in the shooting, one of them being a shotgun.
CHP Officer Kory Reynolds of the Clear Lake Area CHP office told Lake County News that the male CHP officer who was wounded is alive and in care at a local hospital after suffering a leg wound.
Separately, Martin said the CHP officer had sustained a hit to his body armor that did not result in injury.
“He is expected to make a full recovery. His injuries are non-life threatening,” said Martin.
Based on the reports so far, the CHP officer appears to have been the first member of law enforcement to arrive at the scene and confront the male suspect. Reynolds said the officer reported having been shot about a minute after arriving at the scene.
The suspect was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies, Lakeport Police units and CHP shortly before 12:15 p.m. on High Valley Road, according to officials.
The sheriff’s office, assisted by the California Highway Patrol, has secured multiple scenes around Clearlake Oaks as it investigates the crimes, according to Martin and Reynolds.
“We’re working seven crime scenes here,” said Martin, with the possibility of an eighth.
Most of those crime scenes are on Anchor Village in the Clearlake Keys, along with several other locations, Martin said.
“We pretty much closed the whole street,” Martin said of Anchor Village, explaining that four houses on the street are separate crime scenes.
Investigators also are on the scene at Brassfield Winery on High Valley Road, where the suspect was reported to have shot at people, Martin said.
Nearby East Lake Elementary School was placed on lockdown, with a law enforcement presence there, Martin said.
Reynolds said CHP units are remaining on scene to assist with securing the area.
District Attorney Don Anderson also is at the scene to assist with the investigation.
While there had been reports of a second possible suspect, Martin said there is only one suspect currently. “We narrowed it down.”
He said reports related to another car connected to the incident turned out to involve a witness who is speaking with investigators.
Early Monday afternoon, Martin said he did not yet know the reason for the shooting.
However, he added, “I think we’re going to have a pretty good idea of what the motivation was.”
A previous version of this story stated that the sheriff reported a total of five people had been shot, with two dead and three wounded. However, the sheriff followed up to report that there were two wounded, not three, for a total of four victims.
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
Sheriff Brian Martin said one man is in custody for the incident, first reported before 11:30 a.m. Monday and spread out across numerous locations around the town, including the area of the Clearlake Post Office to the Clearlake Keys and Brassfield Winery.
Martin said there are a total of four victims – two civilian dead, one civilian wounded and the one wounded CHP officer.
He said no names are being released at this time.
Martin said several different firearms were involved in the shooting, one of them being a shotgun.
CHP Officer Kory Reynolds of the Clear Lake Area CHP office told Lake County News that the male CHP officer who was wounded is alive and in care at a local hospital after suffering a leg wound.
Separately, Martin said the CHP officer had sustained a hit to his body armor that did not result in injury.
“He is expected to make a full recovery. His injuries are non-life threatening,” said Martin.
Based on the reports so far, the CHP officer appears to have been the first member of law enforcement to arrive at the scene and confront the male suspect. Reynolds said the officer reported having been shot about a minute after arriving at the scene.
The suspect was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies, Lakeport Police units and CHP shortly before 12:15 p.m. on High Valley Road, according to officials.
The sheriff’s office, assisted by the California Highway Patrol, has secured multiple scenes around Clearlake Oaks as it investigates the crimes, according to Martin and Reynolds.
“We’re working seven crime scenes here,” said Martin, with the possibility of an eighth.
Most of those crime scenes are on Anchor Village in the Clearlake Keys, along with several other locations, Martin said.
“We pretty much closed the whole street,” Martin said of Anchor Village, explaining that four houses on the street are separate crime scenes.
Investigators also are on the scene at Brassfield Winery on High Valley Road, where the suspect was reported to have shot at people, Martin said.
Nearby East Lake Elementary School was placed on lockdown, with a law enforcement presence there, Martin said.
Reynolds said CHP units are remaining on scene to assist with securing the area.
District Attorney Don Anderson also is at the scene to assist with the investigation.
While there had been reports of a second possible suspect, Martin said there is only one suspect currently. “We narrowed it down.”
He said reports related to another car connected to the incident turned out to involve a witness who is speaking with investigators.
Early Monday afternoon, Martin said he did not yet know the reason for the shooting.
However, he added, “I think we’re going to have a pretty good idea of what the motivation was.”
A previous version of this story stated that the sheriff reported a total of five people had been shot, with two dead and three wounded. However, the sheriff followed up to report that there were two wounded, not three, for a total of four victims.
Email Elizabeth Larson at