Resident shoots, wounds man who tried to get into his home Lake County News reports Posted On Wednesday, 02 May 2018 03:50







02 May 2018

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Clearlake resident shot a man who police said was trying to get into his home on Monday night.



Clearlake Police Sgt. Rodd Joseph said 21-year-old Clearlake resident Mayfield Herbert Montes was shot during the late-night incident. Montes survived and has been hospitalized.



Just after 11:50 p.m. Monday Clearlake Police Officers responded to a mobile home unit inside of Southshore Mobile Home Park, located at 5725 Old Highway 53, on a report that an unknown male suspect was banging on the home’s windows, was trying to get inside the home and claiming to own property inside, Joseph said.



While en route to the call, dispatch received updated information that an unnamed adult male resident of the home claimed to have shot at the suspect and that the suspect had since fled the residence on foot, according to Joseph.



Joseph said that the suspect, identified as Montes, walked to a residence in the 5500 block of Cottage Avenue, where he was contacted by police and medical personnel.



Montes, who Joseph said was suffering from a single gunshot wound to his lower abdomen, was transported by ambulance to Adventist Health Clear Lake before he was taken by helicopter to an out-of-county trauma center.



In a late Tuesday night update Joseph said Montes was still hospitalized in stable condition and is expected to survive his injuries.



The resident who shot Montes, whose name is being withheld, was in lawful possession of the firearm which has been seized pursuant to this investigation, Joseph said.



Joseph said physical evidence located and uninvolved witness statements tend to support the resident’s claim that he fired in self defense to protect the lives of he and his wife, who was also at home at the time of the incident.



The resident was not arrested at this time and neither he nor his wife suffered any injuries during the incident, Joseph reported.



Joseph said the case has been forwarded to the Lake County District Attorney’s Office for review of charges against both the resident and Montes.



Anyone with information on this case is urged to contact Officer Michael Perreault at 707-994-8251, Extension 519.