Suspect on the loose in drive-by shooting in South Tahoe

By Kathryn Reed

Shots rang out in the Al Tahoe neighborhood late Friday night, leaving a window of a home shattered, bullet holes in the siding and residents shaken.

Justin Pecsi told Lake Tahoe News he is pretty sure he knows who the shooter was who was driving a black Charger, but doesn’t know why the man would want him dead. His connection to the suspect is that he dated his girlfriend’s sister.

A front window of a house on Nevada Avenue in South Lake Tahoe is shattered after a drive-by shooting Aug. 11. Photos/Kathryn Reed

Pecsi claims the man believed to be the shooter got out of jail a few days ago.

“At this point we have nothing to indicate this shooting is gang related,” police Lt. Brian Williams told Lake Tahoe News.

Other city officials said six shots were fired, a gun has been recovered and that there have no arrests.

Pecsi said when cops were at his house on Nevada Avenue on Aug. 10 the suspect drove by. Officers went after him at a high rate of speed down San Jose Avenue, but never caught him, Pecsi said.

Pecsi said he asked the officers why they weren’t looking at the tire marks to be able track them back to the vehicle he believes was involved in the shooting.

“‘This isn’t CSI. It’s not TV’,” is what Pecsi said the officers told him.

On Saturday afternoon, glass still littered part of the front yard. The bullet holes in the window had not been boarded up or fixed.

Pecsi believes the casings left behind are from a Glock .45-caliber handgun.

Evidence from Aug. 11's shooting.

The four-year South Lake Tahoe resident says he isn’t sticking around, and plans soon to be headed to Los Angeles.

Officers have not said if this was an isolated incident or if there is a random shooter on the loose.

Where the shooting occurred is walking distance to the popular Regan Beach.