No new details regarding the apparent drive-by shooting in Redwood Valley earlier this week were available Friday as the case is still under investigation, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reported.
“The (incident) is still being actively investigated so we are deliberately not releasing information,” said MCSO Capt. Quincy Cromer when asked for an update on Jan. 31, adding that he did not expect there would be “any updates until probably next week.”
The last information released from the MCSO was that deputies, along with officers from the California Highway Patrol, responded to the 400 block of Ellen Lynn Road in Redwood Valley around 4:40 a.m. Jan. 29 when it was reported that “multiple shots” had been fired in the area.
When deputies arrived, they reported finding “more than 50 cartridges of expended .556 ammunition” in the roadway, and that “multiple residences and vehicles (had) been struck with bullets from the discharged ammunition.” The MCSO then issued “numerous emergency messages … to notify the community of the law enforcement activity on Ellen Lynn Road.”
As MCSO detectives responded to assist with the investigation, deputies “canvassed the area and contacted residents to check their welfare. Deputies determined there were no injuries reported as a result of the negligent discharge of the firearm (but that) several people, including children, were in direct danger of the bullets that entered their residences, due to the disregard for the safety of the community exhibited by the suspect(s).”
Those placed in danger were described as “an adult male, three adult females and two juvenile females,” and the MCSO notes that “from the evidence located during this investigation, the subject(s) responsible for this incident were believed to have left the area immediately after the shooting occurred.”
Given the incident’s proximity to Eagle Peak Middle School, the MCSO reports that its “personnel were in contact with representatives of the Ukiah Unified School District regarding the nearby school on West Road, (but) due to the fact there was no continuing threat to public safety and the large number of law enforcement representatives still in the area, it was decided there was no justification to interrupt the normal transportation and school schedules.”
The MCSO adds that the suspects are currently unknown, and requests that “anyone with information regarding this investigation contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office at 707-463-4086.”
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