2 Felons With Guns Arrested After Shots Fired Near Rohnert Park

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Sonoma County sheriff's deputies arrested two convicted felons on suspicion of weapons offenses after shots were fired at a home early Saturday afternoon in unincorporated Sonoma County west of Rohnert Park. Witnesses living in the 4100 block of Stony Point Road reported gunfire around 1:15 p.m., sheriff's Lt. Orlando Rodriguez said.

Witnesses said a suspect who appeared to be breaking into a residence with a tire iron fled north on Stony Point Road in a black Cadillac.

Another witness said a person inside a home shot at the Cadillac as it fled and later was seen picking up shell casings from the ground, Rodriguez said.

Another resident was seen carrying what appeared to be a bag of marijuana back into the residence after the Cadillac fled, Rodriguez said.

The residents were uncooperative with deputies but reported a heavy-set white male suspect around 30 years old tried to rob them with a tire iron and fled in the Cadillac, Rodriguez said.

One of the residents allegedly shot at the Cadillac and the other resident allegedly helped him conceal the handgun and the shell casings, Rodriguez said. The residents, who are convicted felons, were identified as Phillip J. Carlton, 28, and Reed R. Carman, 56, and are prohibited from carrying firearms and ammunition, Rodriguez said.

Deputies found a Glock 9mm semi-automatic handgun, ammunition and shell casings at the home, Rodriguez said. Carlton and Carman were arrested and booked in the Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of conspiracy, negligent discharge of a firearm and the weapons and ammunition possession offenses.

By Bay City News Service

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