Man in Yorkville allegedly shot in marijuana garden

UPDATE (on 9/29):

On 09-27-2015 Sheriff's Detectives conducted a foot search of the area where the injured 25-year-old Adult Male was found.

Sheriff's Detectives traveled approximately .25 miles over mountainous terrain and located a marijuana garden site of approximately 200 plants.

An unidentified deceased Hispanic Adult Male with apparent gunshot wound(s) was found in close proximity to the garden site.

During the course of subsequent investigations Sheriff's Detectives arrested Isidro Lopez-Bernal (26-year-old male from Ukiah, California) and Mario Godinez (25-year-old male from Cloverdale, California) in connection with the incident.

Both were contacted and arrested in different locations in Cloverdale, California.

Both were booked into the Mendocino County Jail on charges of murder and robbery, each to remain in custody in lieu of $500,000.00 bail.

The injured 25-year-old Adult Male's involvement in the incident is still under investigation at this time.

The location of the marijuana garden site appeared to have been established as a result of a trespass onto privately owned property.

A forensic autopsy on the unidentified deceased Adult Male is scheduled for 09-29-2015 and identification is pending.


On 09-27-2015 at 7:18 AM the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office received a report of a possible shooting in Yorkville, California.

A person called into the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office dispatch center and advised they had received a telephone call from a 25-year-old Adult Male they knew who reported that he had been shot while at a marijuana garden.

Deputies were able to contact the 25-year-old Adult Male by calling his cellular telephone and were guided to a remote wooded location near the 37000 block of Highway 128 in Yorkville.

Upon contact the 25-year-old Adult Male was found to have multiple gunshot wounds and was subsequently transported by air ambulance to an out of county hospital for medical treatment.

The 25-year-old Adult Male had sustained life threatening injuries but is expected to survive those injuries at this time.

Sheriff's Detectives were summoned to the scene to further investigate the incident.

This investigation is on-going at this time and no further information is available for release.

Any updated information that does become available over time will be released by a subsequent press release.