There was an hourslong standoff Tuesday afternoon at a Petaluma motel with a man accused of domestic violence, arson, evading arrest and weapons charges. It all started with a domestic violence call at a home on Harvest Lane in Santa Rosa Saturday night. Police were not able to arrest the man that evening. The next day he was spotted in a blue Ford F-150 pickup truck. Police attempted to pull him over, but he refused and a police pursuit was initiated...eventually it was called off over public safety.
Later, a fire broke out at the suspects home on Harvest lane, but was quickly extinguished...inside they found more than a dozen guns. Eventually police found he was staying at a motel on South McDowell Blvd in Petaluma. Santa Rosa Police, the SWAT team and Petaluma police all surrounded the motel, and after the suspect fired several shots, it was determined he shot himself. He was taken into custody and remains in critical condition at a hospital with life-threatening injuries. His name has not been released, only that he is a male in his mid 50s.