Gun Pulled On Teenage Girls In Parking Garage, Police Say

PETALUMA, CA — The Petaluma Police Department is investigating a report of an assault with a deadly weapon last week in the C Street garage in downtown Petaluma.

The Petaluma Police Department Dispatch Center received a 911 call at 9:48 p.m. Thursday from a 17-year-old girl who said someone just pointed a gun at her and her friends in the parking garage.

Officers responded to the garage at 149 C St. to speak with the three teenage girls and found them waiting nearby. The girls told police they were on the fourth floor of the garage when two teenage boys approached and began to yell at them.

The girls said they tried to leave but the two suspects followed them. One of the suspects then pulled a black semi-automatic firearm from his waistband and pointed it at the victims while continuing to yell at them, Petaluma police Sgt. Ryan Suhrke said.

The victims screamed and called 911, at which point the two boys left the area in an unknown direction.

"The suspect did not fire the firearm, and no one was hurt during the encounter," Suhrke said.

The victims described both suspects as Hispanic and approximately 16 years old. One was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and the other one had on a blue hooded sweatshirt.

Although police did an extensive search of the area, neither suspect was found.

An investigation was continuing. Suhrke asked anyone who witnessed the incident or has video surveillance that would aid in the investigation to call the Petaluma Police Department at 707-778-4372.