Rodeo rapper charged after San Leandro officer shot at him

SAN LEANDRO — A Bay Area rapper has been charged with possessing an assault rifle in public, but hasn’t been charged with using it to assault an officer, which authorities claimed he did after a San Leandro police officer fired at him, court records show.

CaRonn Patterson, 18, of Rodeo, was charged with felony counts of possessing an assault weapon and having a loaded gun in public, as well as a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge. He has pleaded not guilty and was released from jail after posting $50,000 bail, records show.