PETALUMA, CA — “On Sunday, September 7, 2025, at approximately 11:30 a.m., the Petaluma Police Department Dispatch Center received a report of a subject who had armed himself with a firearm following a disturbance with family members. The subject was identified as Ronald Shipley (88, Petaluma).
Responding officers arrived at the residence in the 1300 block of Marian Way and learned that the subject had exited the home and was in the backyard with the firearm. A drone was deployed, which captured the subject firing a single round while in the backyard.
Officers immediately worked to evacuate the occupants of the residence, leaving the subject alone at the residence. After several hours of attempted negotiations, officers entered the residence and safely took Shipley into custody. The investigation determined that Shipley had fired a round into the residence while it was still occupied. He was later booked into the Sonoma County Jail on a charge of Penal Code 246 PC- shooting at an inhabited dwelling…