Police: Santa Rosa teen arrested on gun charges in road rage incident

Police arrested a 19-year-old accused of pointing a gun at people riding in another car Saturday.|
MATT PERA
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A teenager was arrested over the weekend after he pointed a handgun at people riding in another car during a “road rage incident,” the Santa Rosa Police Department said.

The incident was reported around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday by somebody who said they were in the car that the gun had been pointed at, the department said in a Facebook post.

The person described the other car to dispatchers and Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office helicopter Henry 1 tracked it down. A deputy stopped the car on Sebastopol Road.

Victor Arias-Contreras, 19, of Santa Rosa, was booked into the Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of brandishing a loaded gun in a threatening manner and carrying a concealed and loaded gun in a car. Police confiscated the weapon, a Springfield XD .40 caliber handgun, with 10 rounds in it.

You can reach Staff Writer Matt Pera at matthew.pera@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @Matt__Pera.

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