An officer involved shooting and the arrest of a known drug dealer were two of the Rancho Cordova Police Department’s (RCPD) major incidents this week. According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Sergeant Tony Turnbull, a wanted suspect pulled a gun on officers at a storage facility in Rancho Cordova in the 2600 block of Sunrise Avenue. The 29-year-old male suspect had outstanding felony warrants and law enforcement had been searching for him for several days and acted on a tip about the suspect’s whereabouts.

When officers from the Sheriff’s Department Major Crimes Bureau and Special Enforcement Detail located the man, he was inside a vehicle, with a gun in his hand. According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, “As detectives went to make contact with the suspect, he exited the passenger side of the car with a handgun in his hand. The suspect began to raise the handgun. Fearing for his safety, one of the detectives discharged his firearm at the suspect. The suspect was struck by gunfire and fled on foot into a portal door leading into the storage building. The suspect was subsequently taken into custody and the handgun was secured. Deputies immediately began life saving measures.”

The Sacramento Metro Fire Department arrived on scene and the suspect was transported to a local hospital where he remained until Tuesday evening. According to new Rancho Cordova Police Department Chief Christopher Pittman, the suspect was released and transported to the Sacramento County Jail late Tuesday.

The injured suspect had outstanding felony warrants for his arrest. One warrant was for burglary, grand theft, receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a felon and the second was for a violation of mandatory supervision. No one else was injured. An investigation is underway. The officer involved is a fourteen-year veteran and per policy and procedure, is on paid administrative leave pending the investigation.

Also on January 13, the RCPD Crime Suppression Unit (CSU) made use of another tip on the location of a suspect known to be a drug dealer on probation. A probation search found the man in possession of a large quantity of methamphetamine. The suspect was subsequently arrested and booked on new charges.