{"id":500954,"date":"2026-10-19T11:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500954\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:30:14","slug":"chp-seeks-tips-in-2023-highway-29-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500954\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP seeks tips in 2023 Highway 29 homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n        By<br \/>\n                    LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS                |<br \/>\n        Oct. 19, 2026    <\/p>\n<p>LAKE COUNTY, Calif. \u2014 The California Highway Patrol\u2019s Northern Division Major Crimes Unit said it is seeking the public\u2019s help in solving a 2023 homicide that occurred along Highway 29.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Cleofaus-Paul Gurrola, 33, a father of three from Hidden Valley Lake, was the victim in the homicide, which occurred on Oct. 17, 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeconews.com\/en\/78516-chp-seeks-leads-on-october-highway-29-homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">as Lake County News has reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At about 8:45 p.m. that day, CHP dispatchers received a report that a man with blood on his face was waving his arms and trying to flag down vehicles on Highway 29 north of Hofacker Lane in Lower Lake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another caller reported that the man was lying near the highway, bleeding from the head. A third caller reported hearing gunshots in the area, the CHP said.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders found the man, later identified as Gurrola, dead at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Evidence and an autopsy determined that Gurrola died from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP Northern Division&#8217;s Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three years into the investigation, investigators have neither identified a suspect nor recovered the firearm used in the killing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no tolerance for acts of violence like this in California,\u201d said Chief Andrew Poyner, commander of the CHP Northern Division. \u201cThose responsible for Andrew Gurrola\u2019s death must be held accountable. Our Major Crimes Unit is diligently pursuing this investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about Gurrola\u2019s killing, the identity of the person responsible, or the location of the firearm is asked to contact the CHP Northern Division at 916-268-2282, the CHP Ukiah Communications Center at 707-467-4000 or email 101tips@chp.ca.gov.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Callers should reference case No. F013-107-23.<\/p>\n<p>A video about the case is available <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/484iIPj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS | Oct. 19, 2026 LAKE COUNTY, Calif. \u2014 The California Highway Patrol\u2019s Northern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-500954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}