Gunshots were heard in the city center around 2 a.m. Videos show panicked people running down the street.
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At least six people died and ten others were injured in a shooting in Sacramento, California (United States), local police said on Sunday April 3. According to the Sacramento police chief, around 2 a.m. local time, officers in the downtown area, where many bars and restaurants are located, heard gunshots. “We don’t know if it came from a nightclub or a party”, she added. No arrests took place.
“We were able to confirm that six people were killed and ten others were hospitalized” following this shooting, explained the chief of police of the city during a press conference, without giving any information on the circumstances of the tragedy. “We ask the public to help us identify suspects and provide any information that would allow us to shed light” on this case.
We are aware of a social media video that appears to show an altercation that preceded the shooting. We encourage any community members with related video to follow the link/QR code below to submit the video to SPD. https://t.co/bQBuBtDM8m pic.twitter.com/pPdrHVkKuX
— Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) April 3, 2022
The authorities have thus urged residents to avoid the area, delimited by a cordon and where a strong police presence has been deployed. Videos posted on social media show people running in panic as gunshots are heard.
Shootings remain a recurring scourge in the United States, in schools, supermarkets or in the workplace in particular. Since the start of 2022, the Gun Violence Archive site has recorded more than 10,700 gun deaths in the United States, including suicides. Over the whole of 2021, the number is 45,000 dead, according to the same site.