Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety
For Immediate Release: June 4, 2024
Isued by: J.P. Pritchard -Community Engagement Liaison
707-584-2691, [email protected]
On Thursday January 25, 2024 at approximately 6:30p.m., the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (RPDPS) received a 911 call from a passerby within a shopping center parking lot in the 900 block of Golf Course Drive in Rohnert Park. The reporting party stated that they heard a loud sound consistent with a gun shot and subsequently viewed an adult male laying on the ground in the parking lot of the shopping center.
RPDPS Police and Fire personnel arrived on scene within one minute of the initial dispatch and located an adult male on the ground with a single gunshot wound to his chest. RPDPS personnel and Sonoma County Fire personnel performed life-saving efforts. However, the adult male was announced deceased on scene.
The deceased individual was identified as James Murphy. RPDPS Detectives conducted an investigation into the incident which included but was not limited to interviewing individuals near the area during the incident, reviewing video surveillance footage, interviewing family members of Mr. Murphy, and searching Mr. Murphy’s residence. At the conclusion of the investigation, the death was mannered as a suicide by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office.
If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, you can contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting 988. For more information regarding Sonoma County’s Crisis Services, you can visit the County Of Sonoma Department of Health Services Behavioral Health Division at sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/health-services/divisions/behavioral-health/services/crisis-services.
Our condolences are with the family of the decedant.
