Update: Taco Bell drive-thru shooting suspect arrested
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF/BCN) -- Brisbane police arrested a man Thursday night wanted for a Wednesday-morning shooting at a Santa Rosa Taco Bell drive-thru that left another man seriously injured.
According to a Santa Rosa police statement, the suspect, Brad James Adams, 27, was located Thursday at the Brisbane residence of a relative and taken into custody shortly before midnight.
Adams was booked into San Mateo County Jail but was transferred to the Sonoma County Jail in Santa Rosa on Friday.
BACKGROUND
Investigators said the shooting was reported about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday outside the fast-food restaurant in the 1800 block of Mendocino Avenue near Santa Rosa Junior College.
The suspect, later identified by detectives as Brad James Adams, was in front of the victim in the drive-thru lane and started an argument from his vehicle, allegedly threatening the victim with a handgun.
Adams, a Santa Rosa resident, pulled out of the drive-through lane and allegedly shot multiple times at the victim, who was still in his car.
He fled in his vehicle, a 2005 white Ford F-150 pickup truck, north on Mendocino Avenue.
Police Sgt. Christopher Mahurin said the victim, who was hit by at least one bullet, was hospitalized with serious injuries but is expected to survive.
Officers found Adams' pickup in a parking lot at 2300 Mendocino Avenue. The suspect wasn't there but officers found a handgun inside the vehicle. The truck was impounded for evidence processing.
After identifying Adams as the suspected shooter, detectives secured an arrest warrant for Adams for attempted homicide. They served a search warrant at the suspect's home in the 2100 block of Humboldt Street along with SWAT officers, but Adams wasn't there.
Police were seeking the public's assistance in locating the suspect. Adams should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.
Anyone who has information about the case is asked to contact Santa Rosa police through the department's online tip line at www.srcity.org/CrimeTips or SRPD Dispatch at (707) 528-5222. Information can be provided by contacting the SRPD Violent Crimes Team at (707) 543-3590.
