Teen arrested after crowd opens fire on Santa Rosa homeowner

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Police arrested a 16-year-old who was part of a group that opened fired on a Santa Rosa man inside his car Saturday afternoon, officials said.

The boy — who not identified because of his age — was among a pack of suspects hanging around a family’s home on the 300 block of Taylor View Drive, said Santa Rose police Sgt. Tommy Isachsen.

The homeowner confronted the group and told them to get off his property around 3:30 p.m., and they seemed to listen and appeared to take off, police said.

But the man again spotted the suspects nearby while he was driving. He confronted the group and threatened to call police if they didn’t immediately leave.

The suspects then turned on the man, and one of them pulled out a handgun, police said.

When the homeowner got in his car to flee, one of the suspects opened fire. The bullet nearly struck the victim, who was not injured and immediately called police, Isachsen said.

Officers swarmed to the area and found the 16-year-old. He was interviewed by gang detectives at the Santa Rosa police station and later booked in the Sonoma County Juvenile Justice Center.

He was arrested on suspicion of possession of a loaded firearm, accessory after the fact and a gang enhancement.

Investigators scoured the area near the shooting, where they found a gun believed to have been used in the attack. No other suspects were identified or arrested.

Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky