By Loretta Kalb
lkalb@sacbee.com
The suspected burglar shot at by Sacramento sheriff's deputies Sunday after he pointed a weapon at them has been identified as Dorel Muresan, the sheriff's department said tonight.
The suspect earlier had been identified as 47-year-old Pinta Viteazu, but sheriff's officials said that is an alias he has been booked under in the past.
Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran said the suspect had been burglarizing a home in the 8500 block of Greenback Lane when the homeowner interrupted him before 7 a.m.
The homeowner reported that the suspect was armed with a knife and a pump-action gun, Curran said, and when deputies arrived they learned that the man had ducked into nearby bushes.
The officers called for him to drop his weapons and come out, Curran said. The suspect refused and then pointed the gun at the deputies. Curran said that both deputies fired multiple shots from their handguns at the suspect.
No one was hit by the gunfire and the suspect, identified as Dorel Muresan, 47, surrendered.
No one was hit in the gunfire and deputies recovered the suspect's weapons: a knife and what turned out to be a bb/pellet gun.
Muresan was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, robbery, burglary, and threatening with a weapon.
According to department policy, the deputies, a 44-year-old woman with 12 years in the department and a 41-year-old woman with 11 years on the job, will be placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting will be investigated by the department's homicide and internal affairs units and the District Attorney's Office.
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