On Monday, August 8, 2022, at approximately 7:00 p.m., deputies from the Kern Valley response area were dispatched to the 3100 block of Erskine Creek Road in Lake Isabella for a Check the Welfare call for service. During the course of the investigation, deputies determined the caller, Russell Forrest, a 73-year-old male from Lake Isabella, had shot a firearm at another person over a dispute. The victim was not injured.
Russell was arrested and booked into the Kern County Jail for Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Firearm), Felony Illegal Discharge of a Firearm, and an active Misdemeanor arrest warrant.
Anyone with additional information regarding this investigation (2022-00093754) is requested to contact the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at (661) 861-3110 or Secret Witness at (661) 322-4040.
