Shooting in Sacramento (USA) leaves 6 dead and 12 injured

Service shoot happened around 2 a.m. on April 3 (local time), when clubs closed in a packed area after a nearly sold-out rap show.

Sacramento Police Department Superintendent Kathy Lester said at a news conference Wednesday morning, when nearby officers on patrol responded at the scene, they saw a large crowd and several people were shot. “in a truly tragic situation”. Other victims of the case shootings drove himself to the hospital or was taken to medical facilities.

Sheriff Lester asked people to contact police if there is any information about the shooting, but did not specify how many people carried out the shooting and the suspect has not been arrested. .

Local officials have not released further details about the victims or their health conditions. Police maintained a large presence on April 3 in the area where the shooting occurred. The scene of the shooting remains cordoned off.

Investigators work at the scene of the shooting. (Photo: AP)

This is the second mass shooting in just over a month in the city of Sacramento. In late February, a man shot dead his three young daughters and another, then committed suicide at a church. The death toll in the April 3 shooting was the highest in California since 2021, when 10 people were shot dead in the city of San Jose.

In a statement, California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the “mass shooting” that left “families with missing loved ones, many injured, and the community grieving.”

Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento, wrote on Twitter that “words cannot describe my shock and grief this morning”, “increasing gun violence is a scourge of the city, state and Our country”.

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