Full Notification

                                                                                                                                                           PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                                                   
Sunday, October 25^th, 2020
Issued By: Sergeant Ryan Suhrke, Petaluma PD, (707) 778-4372, [email protected]  

 
Incident:                 Assault w/ a Deadly Weapon (vehicle) on a Firefighter/ Felon in possession of a loaded firearm
Incident Details:          245(a)(1) PC/ 25850(c)(1) PC
Report Number:          20-3639
Occurred Date :           October 25^th, 2020
Occurred Time:           03:11 AM
Location:                     200 Block of N. McDowell Boulevard, Petaluma
Suspect:                       Everal Thompson, 30-year-old San Pablo resident
 
           
   
On 10/25/2020 at approximately 03:11 AM, the Petaluma Police Department received information from the Petaluma Fire Department that one of their on-duty Firefighters had just been intentionally struck by a vehicle.
 
Once the Firefighter was contacted and determined to not be seriously injured, he provided a suspect description.  We learned the Petaluma Fire Department was on scene with a patient having a medical issue in a shopping center parking lot. A subject later determined to be Everal Thompson, approached the Fire personnel who were tending to the patient and began to ask them questions.
 
Thompson was asked to leave and as he entered his vehicle, he drove towards the Firefighter and struck the victim.  Thompson then fled the area in his vehicle.  Through the investigation, Thompson was identified as a potential suspect and was contacted.  Thompson was identified by the Firefighter as the suspect and he was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.
 
During an inventory search of Thompson’s vehicle, which was being towed, a loaded handgun was located in the passenger area of the vehicle. Thompson is a convicted felon and prohibited from owning firearms. He was transported to the Sonoma County Jail and booked for the above charges.