Police in Santa Rosa who fatally shot a domestic violence suspect Wednesday night allege he approached them with a gun in his hand, the department said Thursday.

On Wednesday at about 10:12 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 900 block of Keegan Drive in Santa Rosa. Police were told a man was armed with a gun and had allegedly committed domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child, the department said.

Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies at a home on the 900 block of Keegan Drive in Santa Rosa following the fatal police shooting, August 14, 2025. KPIX / Stringer

As officers arrived, three adults and an infant had safely left the residence. One woman, a 19-year-old mother of a two-month-old baby, had allegedly been pistol-whipped in the head by the s

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