May 22, 2025 – N. San Juan, CA – Nevada County Sheriff’s Office officials report that the (NCSO) Special 
Enforcement Detail (SED), Critical Incident Negotiations Team (CINT), and Tactical Dispatch Team responded to the 15000 block of Tyler Foote Crossing Road in North San Juan on the morning of Wednesday, May 21, 2025, just before 9:00 a.m. to serve an arrest warrant stemming from a recent Mother’s Day shooting and assault that left one victim seriously injured.
NCSO SED team members, patrol deputies and detectives, aided by the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, the North San Juan Fire Department, the California Highway Patrol and Sierra Nevada Ambulance participated in the operation. Deputies safely took 52-year-old Clay Leffew into custody without incident for Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, and Discharge of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony.
Leffew was booked into the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility on the aforementioned charges, without bail. The investigation into the incident is continuing.
View original May 12th information below:
N. San Juan Assault with Firearm Investigation
N. San Juan, CA – Nevada County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) detectives are investigating an assault involving a firearm after a 50-year-old man was reportedly shot in the arm and beaten on Sunday May 11, 2025. Deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call just after 9:00 am from a third-party caller reporting the assault and requesting medical aid to the scene near Tyler Foote Crossing Road and Sages Road for a gunshot wound.
Upon deputies’ arrival in the area, the involved parties had fled the scene, but witnesses remained who provided additional information pertaining to the assault. Upon further investigation, it was learned that a dispute occurred between four acquaintances and escalated to the victim being chased from the suspect’s residence on Tyler Foote Crossing Road and allegedly shot in the arm and struck with a bat by the suspect. After speaking to witnesses, a deputy was able to contact the victim by phone, who agreed to return to the scene.
Upon the victim’s arrival, deputies observed injuries consistent with a gunshot wound to the arm and a laceration to the head. The victim was transported by ambulance to a nearby landing zone for a medical flight to a Sacramento area hospital for emergency treatment, where he remains in stable condition. At this time of this release, the suspect has not yet been located.
This is an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with further information to provide about this incident is urged to contact the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 530-265-1471, or our email tipline through our website at https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/192/Sheriffs-Crime-Tip-Form.
Source: Nevada County Sheriff's Office
