A Lake County man will be sentenced in September for shooting at a motorist in the Orvs gas station parking lot just after Christmas in 2019, in a reported illegal drug deal gone wrong.
Brandon Leon Bowyer, 23, pleaded no contest in Colusa County Superior Court on June 28 to a single felony charge of shooting at an occupied vehicle, in a deal with the District Attorneys Office to dismiss charges of felony assault and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
Bowyer was arrested two months after the incident after Colusa County District Attorneys investigators determined Bowyer fired approximately five shots at a Mercedes as the driver accelerated through the Orvs parking lot. The shooting occurred around 9 PM on Dec. 26.
Bowyer was arrested by the Colusa County Narcotics Task Force and Lake County Sheriffs Office a few months after the shooting after Bowyer placed himself at the gas station by reportedly brandishing a weapon at the home of a Nice woman and said he was looking for the man in the Mercedes sedan that had been fired upon.
A Lake County man had reported a similar story to authorities, claiming that Bowyer told him on Jan. 3, just days after the shooting, that ” a deal went bad” and that Bowyer was ” robbed” in Williams, resulting in gunfire being exchanged.
Bowyer is facing up to three years when he is sentenced on Sept. 20, although the matter has been referred to the Probation Department for a recommendation.
Bowyer has remained free on bond since the proceedings began, and has been cooperative, officials said. –