ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH SHOOTING

A Sacramento man wanted in connection with the attempted homicide of an
8-year-old boy and his father in an El Dorado County marijuana garden was
arrested Wednesday in Sonoma County.

The Oct. 8 shootings occurred when the pair stumbled onto the garden while
they were deer hunting on their ranch in the foothills country.

A man guarding the garden is suspected of the shooting. He was subsequently
arrested by El Dorado County sheriff's deputies.

But the garden owner, Silvestre Gonzalez, 39, was believed to be in Sonoma
County. Sheriff's deputies stopped him on Crane Canyon Road near Rohnert
Park Wednesday evening, Sgt. Steve Brown said.

Gonzalez is thought to be an accomplice in the shooting.

He was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide, carrying a loaded gun,
a stolen assault rifle and six pounds of marijuana, Brown said.