PETALUMA, CA — Deputies from the Sonoma County Sheriff's office arrested a man after he allegedly shot at someone over the weekend, then crashed his truck trying to get away.
About 10 p.m. Saturday, deputies were dispatched to the 1000 block of Sonoma Mountain Road in Petaluma over a report of someone who shot at a man.
The suspect, 19-year-old Gabriel Chavez of Petaluma, was with another person in a pickup truck, which was blocking the entrance to a property. After a few people approached them and asked them to leave, Chavez allegedly pointed a handgun towards one of the people and fired one round towards him.
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Chavez then drove away and crashed the pickup on the same road, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Deputies arrived at the crash scene and detained both people. They allegedly found an unregistered handgun, five high-capacity magazines, and 48 rounds of ammunition in vegetation near where Chavez had been standing.
The passenger was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Chavez was booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting from a vehicle, unlawful possession of a firearm, exhibition of a loaded firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon in public, and possession of high-capacity magazines.
Deputies said Monday afternoon that he was still in custody in lieu of $75,000 bail.
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