By Bee Staff
A 15-year-old theft suspect flirted with losing his life after he pulled a replica firearm on a Citrus Heights police sergeant.
Fortunately for the juvenile, the officer, who had drawn her weapon in response, did not fire after seeing that the juvenile had lowered the weapon and was fleeing, a Citrus Height Police Department spokesman said today.
Here's the chain of events as described by the spokesman:
On Tuesday, officers were searching for juveniles who had been stealing liquor from stores in the Greenback Lane-Sunrise Boulevard area.
The officer confronted two male juveniles on Sun Hill Drive, ordering them to halt. One juvenile complied but the other pulled a firearm from his waistband.
The officer drew her weapon but by then the juvenile had lowered his weapon and was fleeing.
A K-9 unit tracked the juvenile to a residence where the juvenile and what turned out to be a replica firearm were found. The replica firearm fit the description of the weapon the officer said was pulled on her.
The juvenile was arrested and booked into juvenile hall. Also arrested and booked into juvenile hall were two boys, 14 and 16 years old.
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