Lake County man killed woman, then went on road rage spree, officials say

A Lake County man was taken into custody after a road rage shooting spree across multiple counties. The first incident began at 8:30 a.m. with reports of shots fired near State Highway 29 and Point Lakeview Road in Kelseyville. Deputies found evidence of road rage and the suspect fled. About two hours later, a woman in Calistoga reported being shot in the face by another driver. Automated license plate cameras helped identify a matching vehicle traveling on Highway 29 in St. Helena. Deputies pursued the vehicle through Napa, used a PIT maneuver, and arrested 38-year-old Coleman Guy Rocheleau. He told detectives about a third victim in Kelseyville, where deputies found a woman’s body. Rocheleau is held in Lake County jail on $2 million bail awaiting murder and felony torture charges, and records show a prior conviction for injuring a domestic partner and falsely reporting a bomb.

"The chaotic series of events began at 8:30 a.m. Friday, when the Lake County Sheriff's Office said they received a 911 call about shots fired in the area of state Highway 29 and Point Lakeview Road in Kelseyville. Deputies who responded discovered it was an apparent road rage shooting, but the alleged shooter had fled the scene. Later that day, the sheriff's office received a call from colleagues in the Napa County Sheriff's Office."

"About two hours after the first road rage shooting, a woman called 911 from the 1000 block of Dunaweal Lane in Calistoga. The woman said she'd been shot in the face by another driver, Napa Cuonty sheriff's spokesman Henry Wofford said. Deputies reviewed automated license plate cameras in the area and found a vehicle that matched the suspect description driving on Highway 29 in St. Helena."

"When deputies went in pursuit of the vehicle, the suspect took off, leading them on a chase through Napa. Deputies were able to perform a PIT maneuver, and the driver, 38-year-old Coleman Guy Rocheleau, was arrested, Wofford said. Once in custody, Rocheleau told Napa County detectives that there was a third victim in Kelseyville, Wofford said."

"Lake County deputies were then dispatched to the 10000 block of Terrace Way in Kelseyville Riviera for a welfare check. There, they discovered the body of a woman. The woman's identity is being withheld pending a next-of-kin notification. Rocheleau was transported to Lake County, where he is currently in jail awaiting murder and felony torture charges. He is being held on a $2 million bail."

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