Police in Sacramento, California are still searching for the perpetrators of the mass shooting that killed six people and wounded 12 others in the downtown area.
Authorities said they are looking for
at least two people suspected of opening fire
around 2 a.m. Sunday outside the city's downtown entertainment district.
Police Chief Kathy Lester released few details of the investigation, pleading with the public to share videos and other evidence that could lead to the killers.
“The level of violence that has just occurred in our city is unprecedented in my 27 years here,” Lester said during a news conference at police headquarters.
“We are shocked and heartbroken by this tragedy.
But we are also determined, as an agency, to find those responsible and to achieve justice for the victims and families,” he added.
An investigator photographs evidence markers at the scene of the mass shooting in Sacramento, California, on April 3, 2022.Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Lester said officers heard gunshots and arrived at the scene at 10th and K streets, about two blocks northwest of the state Capitol, and near the Golden 1 Center, where the NBA's Sacramento Kings basketball team plays. .
[Disarmed a man and prevented a shootout. Police mistook him for the attacker and shot him four times, according to his lawyer]
An unidentified person opened fire on the crowd from a car before fleeing and
another person also fired
, although it is not clear if he was in the vehicle or in the crowd.
Police said downtown cameras captured moments from part of the shooting and confirmed they
found a stolen gun
but did not know if it had been used in the shooting.
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The victims
Among the dead are three men and three women.
Authorities were still working to notify relatives and, as of late Sunday, had only publicly identified one of the victims, 38-year-old Sergio Harris, without providing a cause of death.
Of the 12 injured, at least four were in critical condition,
according to the Sacramento Fire Department.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and other city officials condemned the escalating violence in the city, while urging people to continue to flock downtown for events such as NBA games and Broadway musical performances.
wicked.
"We can never accept it as normal and we never will," Steinberg said.
"But we also have to live our lives," he added.
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The shooting broke out just after a fight broke out on a street lined with a luxury hotel, nightclubs and bars, but police said they didn't know if the altercation was related to the shooting.
Witness videos posted on social media showed a rapid firefight lasting at least 45 seconds as people screamed and ran for cover.
The gunshots spooked sleeping guests at the Citizen Hotel, including a wedding party and fans of rapper Tyler the Creator, who performed at a concert hours earlier.
It is the third time this year that a shooting of this magnitude has happened in the country, in which at least six people have died, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.
And it was the second mass shooting in Sacramento in the last five weeks.
With information from Ap and
Los Angeles Times.
