Man Arrested For Brandishing Replica Gun Outside Santa Rosa Costco: Police

SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- A Bodega man was jailed Wednesday on suspicion of brandishing a replica firearm in a threatening manner after a traffic dispute in the parking lot of the Santa Rosa Costco store, according to police.

Officers with the Santa Rosa Police Department were dispatched at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday to the store on Santa Rosa Avenue, where they spoke to a motorist who said that after he honked at another driver for cutting him off, the man held up a gun and made hand gestures toward him, police said.

The reporting party told officers he "feared the hand gestures were intended to make him believe the suspect would attempt to shoot him," police said.

Officers were provided with a description of the suspect's car along with a license plate number, and located the vehicle parked outside a house in the 900 block of Stevenson Street.

Mason Duran, a 25-year-old Bodega resident, was contacted at the residence.

Inside the home, officers allegedly found a replica handgun made to look like a .357 caliber revolver.

"The replica was a pellet gun designed to the specifications of a real gun and matched the description provided by the victim," police said. "Duran was identified as the suspect and was arrested for brandishing a replica firearm in a threatening manner and for two outstanding misdemeanor criminal warrants."

Duran was transported to the Sonoma County jail, where he was booked on suspicion of the incident.

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