Overview
- Officers were dispatched around 11 a.m. to the 300 block of 10th Street on a report of an unwanted person possibly sleeping in a driveway.
- Police say a struggle followed the officer’s contact, a Taser was deployed with little effect, and the officer then fired, critically wounding a white man who was taken to a hospital.
- A Santa Rosa Press Democrat photojournalist on a ride-along recorded the encounter, and the officer’s body-worn camera was activated.
- Authorities said the officer was the only one on scene at the time, the number of shots was not disclosed, and the injured man’s identity has not been released.
- The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s Office are conducting an independent investigation, and the officer is on routine paid administrative leave.