Crime & Safety
3 Rounds Fired In Rohnert Park Car-To-Car Shooting: Police
Police are working to identify the suspects and are seeking video footage from residents of Alta Avenue and Santa Alicia Drive.
ROHNERT PARK, CA — No injuries were reported in a car-to-car shooting Wednesday in Rohnert Park but three rounds were fired and all three hit the victim's truck, the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety said.
At 3:09 p.m. Wednesday, the Rohnert Park DPS received multiple 911 calls about the shooting on Alta Avenue, police Sgt. Jerrod Marshall said.
Dispatchers continued to gather information as officers responded to the area. One witness said the shots came from a white Nissan or Volvo car with two Hispanic men inside; another witness said the driver fired several shots at a red truck right before both vehicles left the area.
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"Officers arrived in the area within minutes from multiple directions and did not see the suspect vehicle on Seed Farm Drive or the surrounding area," Marshall said. "No persons were injured in this incident and the victim returned to Alta Ave. to meet with officers."
The victim told police he got into a verbal argument with the suspects because they cut him off when he tried to pull into his driveway. The victim said he drove east on Alta when the driver of the white car pulled out a gun.
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Three rounds were fired and all three hit the victim's truck as he drove east on the roadway, police said.
The suspects fled in an unknown direction, and officers were still trying to identify them.
"The victim does not know the suspects and has not seen them in the area before," Marshall said. "He did not have information as to why the suspects targeted him at this time."
Anyone on Alta Avenue or Santa Alicia Drive who has video footage of the two vehicles driving by is asked to call Rohnert Park Public Safety at 707-584-2600 and ask for Officer Rosentreter.
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