A Fairfield man was shot in the leg during an apparent robbery attempt in south Santa Rosa late Friday night, police said.
The shooting victim, Denzel Demetre Simmons, 20, said he was smoking outside a relative's house on Bellevue Avenue near Santa Rosa Avenue when someone shot him around 11:35 p.m., police said.
But 15 minutes later, two other men said they'd been involved in a shooting after one of them had a gun put in his face.
Savon Othello Cleveland, 21, and Frank David Kobrin, 22, said the shooter accosted them after they'd pulled over to the side of the road while looking for a party, Sgt. Steve Fraga said.
Under further questioning, Cleveland and Kobrin said they'd met Simmons after arranging to buy marijuana from him, police said.
Simmons instead pulled a gun and attempted to rob them, until Kobrin - who was wearing a gun and ammunition - fired at Simmons, hitting his leg, and they were able to run from the scene, police said.
No arrests have been made. Fraga said detectives probably would forward their investigative report to the District Attorney's Office for evaluation and possible criminal charges.
Simmons was expected to have surgery on Saturday, but was not believed to have life-threatening injuries, Fraga said.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Santa Rosa Police Violent Crimes Investigation Team at 543-3590.
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