Erick Gelhaus

The County of Sonoma and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in 2013. A Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy shot Andy Lopez as the teen walked along a street in an unincorporated area of Santa Rosa while carrying a pellet gun...

Sheriff Robert Giordano from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday a settlement has been reached in the deputy involved shooting of Andy Lopez. Lopez was shot eight times in 2013 when a deputy mistook a pellet gun for an assault rifle.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a lower court decision allowing a trial on allegations that a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy used excessive force when he fatally shot a 13-year-old boy carrying a toy rifle in 2013.

A park opened Saturday dedicated to Andy Lopez, a 13-year-old Santa Rosa boy who was shot and killed by a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy on Oct. 22, 2013.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday awarded a $3 million contract to construct a community park in the memory of 13-year-old Andy Lopez, who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy.

The Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez in 2013 has been promoted to sergeant, a sheriff’s office spokesman confirmed Friday.

The Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez in 2013 has been promoted to sergeant. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Santa Rosa police fired “several rounds” at a 15-year-old boy who they said was suicidal and was pointing a replica handgun at officers at Coffey Park.

Santa Rosa police fired “several rounds” at a 15-year-old boy who they said was suicidal and was pointing a replica handgun at officers at Coffey Park. Jodi Hernandez reports.

There will be no charges for the sheriff’s deputy who killed a 13-year-old boy near Santa Rosa last year. The district attorney made the announcement Monday after months of investigation. NBC Bay Area’s Jean Elle reports from Sonoma County with more on the decision and the community’s reaction.

A sheriff’s deputy won’t be charged for fatally shooting 13-year-old Andy Lopez as he walked with a BB pellet rifle that resembled an AK-47 in Santa Rosa last October, in a shooting that triggered a spate of protests and calls for criminal charges.