KELSEYVILLE — An argument between neighbors at a Kelseyville mobile home park Wednesday afternoon resulted in shots being fired and the arrest of one man.
On Wednesday at approximately 2:45 p.m, sheriff”s deputies responded to the Live Oak Mobile Home Park in Kelseyville on a report that John Joseph Burciaga, 57, fired a shotgun at a camper belonging to his neighbor Jerry Wesley Cobb, 49. Upon their arrival, deputies located Burciaga in his mobile home and detained him without incident.
The investigation revealed that shortly after 2:30 p.m, Burciaga and Cobb encountered each other at their mail boxes and Cobb had offered Burciaga some pork chops to have for his dinner later. Burciaga declined the offer and when Cobb allegedly persisted, Burciaga pushed Cobb away and the two got into a brief physical altercation. The altercation ended and both men returned to their respective homes.
Approximately one minute later, Cobb was outside of his home working on his motorcycle when Burciaga came out of his home with a shotgun. As Burciaga walked toward Cobb, he fired one shot into the air and then pointed the gun at Cobb stating he would shoot him. Burciaga then pointed the gun at the cab-over camper on Cobb”s parked truck and fired another shot, causing an estimated $1,000 in damage. Burciaga pushed Cobb”s motorcycle down on the ground, breaking one of the side-view mirrors, and returned to his home with the gun.
It is unknown exactly why the altercation erupted because of one man offering the other food and Burciaga had no plausible explanation for retrieving the shotgun and discharging it when the altercation had already ended. There were no injuries reported as a result of the incident.
Burciaga was arrested and booked at the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility for brandishing a firearm, discharging a firearm in a negligent manner, vandalism, and making criminal threats.
