'We're a small department and stretched beyond our resources right now.'

'We have got crime scenes at a motel, a gas station and in Red Bluff more than 100 miles away,' Bowles said. The relationship between Lara and Maes is not clear. Bowles said investigators were still trying to determine whether Lara or Maes had shot the man at the motel. Lara and Maes were booked into jail on charges including attempted murder, kidnapping, carjacking and burglary, Yreka's police department said in a statement. A 19-year-old Salem, Oregon woman, Aundrea Elizabeth Maes, was also in the car and was arrested, Yreka police said. Police from the nearby town of Corning joined in before Lara pulled over and was arrested. Lara sped away at more than 100 mph (160 kph). The mother and sons were later dropped off at a rest stop.Ī California Highway Patrol Officer later saw a car speeding on the interstate about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away and tried to pull it over, the highway patrol said in a statement. 'The man had come out of the gas station to see his dog running around and his car gone,' Yreka Police Chief Brian Bowles told The Associated Press.īowles said Lara forced one of the man's sons to drive at gunpoint. The man, who has not been identified, was hospitalized in critical condition, police said.įive minutes after police got the call about the shooting, another man phoned in from a gas station, saying his car had been taken with his wife and two sons still inside. The mayhem in the former gold-mining town of Yreka started near dawn Tuesday when a man was shot in the stomach at the Super 8 Motel. Lara was charged with murder Tuesday in the death of Kaylee Sawyer, of Bend, Oregon. The man, Edwin Lara, was fleeing his home state after being implicated Monday in the disappearance of a 23-year-old. (AP) - A small Northern California town was rocked by a shooting, kidnapping, and carjacking on Tuesday, all allegedly committed by a man and woman from Oregon who led police on a high-speed chase before they were captured.

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