Charges filed in Schellville killing

A 20-year-old Chico man postponed entering a plea Friday in connection with the murder of his grandfather last week on Bonneau Road.
The victim, 77-year-old Robert Ferris Deming, was killed by a close-range shotgun blast to the back of his head while he was watching television last Tuesday night, said Sonoma County District Attorney spokesperson Donna Edwards. Sheriff’s Lt. Robert Giordano said Deming’s grandson, Sean Patrick Mooney, was found at the scene after having called 911 around 9:21 p.m. to report that two suspects had shot his grandfather and fled in a vehicle.
But after assembling evidence and witness reports – and interrogating Mooney most of Tuesday night – investigators began to doubt Mooney’s story, Giordano said.
Mooney was charged Friday with murder, elder abuse, and possession of a stolen shotgun. He appeared in court May 23 but requested that his plea entry be postponed until this Friday.