The Susanville Police Department is releasing details today behind the arrest of a Susanville resident, 53 year-old Gary Zack, who allegedly discharged a firearm within a residence on North Roop street and then fled the area on foot with a rifle and a shotgun.
According to Police Chief Tom Downing officers from the Susanville Police Department responded to a residence in the 200 block of North Roop Street at around 6:30 Monday evening on a report of shots fired.
When officers arrived they contacted the reporting party who told police that her husband had fired a round from a rifle inside their residence and then fled the area. Susanville police officers, Lassen County Sheriff’s Deputies and officers from the California Highway Patrol began an extensive search of the surrounding area.
During the search a CHP officer located the suspect walking in the area of Bunyan Road and Skyline Drive. The suspect was arrested without incident and without the firearms in question.
Zack was booked into the Lassen County Jail on charges of discharging a firearm in a negligent manner, public intoxication and previously falsely reporting that a firearm had been stolen from his residence. Zack was held on $22,500 bail.
The Susanville Police Department was assisted by the California Highway Patrol and the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office during the investigation. The case has been referred to the Lassen County District Attorney’s Office for review.
