• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
At Least Six Dead In California Capital Shooting

Home> News

Updated 15:30 3 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 14:50 3 Apr 2022 GMT+1

breaking

At Least Six Dead In California Capital Shooting

At least six people are said to have died following a shooting in Sacramento

Shola Lee

Shola Lee

Featured Image Credit: CBS/@ukulelejaybbq/twitter

Topics: no-article-matching, News

Shola Lee
Shola Lee

Shola Lee began her journalism career while studying for her undergraduate degree at Queen Mary, University of London and Columbia University in New York. She has written for the Columbia Spectator, QM Global Bloggers, CUB Magazine, UniDays, and Warner Brothers' Wizarding World Digital. Recently, Shola took part in the 2021 BAFTA Crew and BBC New Creatives programme before becoming a journalist at UNILAD, where she works on breaking news, trending stories, and features.

Advert

Advert

Advert

At least six people have been killed and nine injured during a shooting today (3 April) in the centre of Sacramento, California, police say.

Sacramento police have closed off the area between 9th and 13th Street after the shooting early this morning, sharing an advisory on Twitter.

Details about the shooting are still emerging, with police asking people to 'please avoid the area as a large police presence will remain and the scene remains active'.

The tweet read: "9th St to 13th St is closed between L St & J St as officers investigate a shooting with multiple victims. Conditions unknown at this time. Please avoid the area as a large police presence will remain and the scene remains active. Please follow this thread for updates."

Advert

The shooting is reported to have taken place at around 2am local time in the 10th Street area in the city centre, as per the BBC. The area leads onto the Golden One Center, where the Sacramento Kings play basketball.

Police Chief Katherine Lester described coming across a 'very large crowd' as police responded to the gunfire, noting 'This is a really tragic situation'.

"We are asking for the public's help in helping us to identify the suspects in this and provide any information they can to help us solve this", Lester added as per Reuters.

In an update to their initial tweet, Sacramento Police said that they had 'located at least 15 shooting victims, including 6 who are deceased'.

Advert

Barry Accius, a community activist of youth mentorship non-profit Sacramento’s Voice of the Youth, described the scene as 'chaotic', noting 'It was just horrific'.

Accius was said to have arrived at the scene after a city council member told him about the shooting.

"Just as soon as I walked up you saw a chaotic scene, police all over the place, victims with blood all over their bodies, folks screaming, folks crying, people going, 'Where is my brother?' Mothers crying and trying to identify who their child was", Accius said.

Local council member Kate Valenzuela told of how at "Around 2:30am, I got the call no elected official wants to get. Another shooting. More lives lost. The national gun violence epidemic has hit our community – again", as per The Guardian.

Advert

If you have experienced a bereavement and would like to speak with someone in confidence contact Cruse Bereavement Care via their national helpline on 0808 808 1677 

Choose your content:

8 mins ago
an hour ago
  • 8 mins ago

    People think Trump accidentally said too much as he discusses how much money he made in interview

    President Donald Trump made bold claims about how much he's earned, after being asked about President Vladimir Putin ignoring his threats

    News
  • an hour ago

    Horrifying study reveals daily habit that millions of people do every day could cause brains to shrink

    It's even more common than scrolling on your phone...

    News
  • an hour ago

    Severe weather leaves at least 14 dead as authorities issue heartbreaking update

    Governor Andy Beshear said the number 'is expected to grow'

    News
  • an hour ago

    Supreme Court blocks Trump bringing back unknown 18th-century wartime law to begin mass deportations

    President Donald Trump will not be able to mass deport alleged criminals to El Salvador's toughest prison

    News
  • Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend says living in Playboy Mansion was like a 'cult'
  • Cassie speaks out in emotional statement following final testimony at Diddy trial
  • Ukraine: 'At Least 900 Arrests' As Russians Protest Putin's Invasion
  • At Least 21 People Now Dead In Texas Elementary School Shooting