SANTA ROSA – Two drivers were arrested in Santa Rosa after police said a road rage incident between the two led to a shootout Wednesday morning.
According to officers, a field and evidence technician who was towing a vehicle on 900 block of Pressley Street spotted the two drivers around 11:40 a.m. The technician said she witnessed the driver of a black Volkswagen Tiguan open fire on a gray Nissan Altima.
Officers responding to the scene located the two vehicles headed north on Santa Rosa Avenue.
Police said the driver of the Nissan pulled over after spotting police. Meanwhile, the driver of the Volkswagen drove the wrong way on Santa Rosa Avenue “at a high rate of speed”, refused to pull over and led officers on a brief pursuit.
The Volkswagen driver abandoned his vehicle in the area of Mendocino Avenue and Fifth Street in the city’s downtown and attempted to run away from officers, police said. He was later arrested as he entered a city parking garage on the 600 block of Third Street.