Seigler

BACKGROUND

The March 11, 2023 Incident (Case No. CR966388B) On March 11, 2023, Lake County Sheriff deputies were dispatched to the residence of Seigler’s girlfriend Katrina Fowles, who reported “a group of unknown subjects were outside of her residence banging on the walls and threatening to shoot her son,” that “the subjects shot into the residence and

This factual summary is drawn from the probation report.

2 were believed to be inside,” and that her “family was laying down on the bathroom floor.” After conducting a protective sweep and finding no one else inside the residence, the deputies located a firearm and two bullet holes in the bathroom. They questioned Fowles and Seigler, who “reported hearing voices and tapping noises outside,” “seeing someone attempting to shoot [their son],” and “hearing two shots.” Fowles and Seigler then placed their son in the bathtub and locked the bathroom door. Seigler “was terrified and believed someone was attempting to enter the bathroom, so he fired two shots through the bathroom wall into the bedroom before they all laid [sic] down in the bathroom and dialed 911.” The deputies determined that both Fowles and Seigler were…