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Monday 4 april 2022
California mass shooting: 6 dead, 12 injured in Sacramento

By ADAM BEAM that his administration was
Associated Press working closely with law en-
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — forcement officials.
Six people were killed and "What we do know at this
12 injured early Sunday in point is that another mass
Sacramento when shots casualty shooting has oc-
were fired into crowds as curred, leaving families
bars and nightclubs emp- with lost loved ones, mul-
tied for the night in the sec- tiple individuals injured and
ond mass shooting in five a community in grief," he
weeks in California's capital said.
city. The area where Sun-
Police were searching for day's shooting occurred is
at least one suspect and packed with restaurants
had recovered at least one and bars. Nightclubs close
firearm. Investigators said at 2 a.m. and it's normal for
they were reviewing video streets to be full of people
footage posted to social at that hour.
media that showed what Kay Harris, 32, told AP she
appeared to be an alter- was asleep when one of
cation before the gunfire her family members called
erupted. to say they thought her
A video posted to Twitter brother Sergio Harris had
showed people running been killed. She said she
through the street amid the thought he had been at
sounds of rapid gunfire in the London nightclub,
the city of about 525,000 which is near the shooting.
located 75 miles (120 kilo- Harris said she has been to
meters) from San Francisco. A roadblock is set a block away from the scene of an apparent mass shooting in Sacramento, the club a few times and
"This morning our city has a Calif., Sunday, April 3, 2022. described it as a place for
broken heart," Sacramento Associated Press "the younger crowd." She
Mayor Darrell Steinberg spent the morning circling
said. We don't know all the she did not know. third time in the U.S. this than this." the block waiting for news.
facts but we know there Police announced in a year that at least six peo- The shooting happened "Very much so a senseless,
were mass casualties in a statement that investiga- ple were killed in a mass on the outskirts of the city's violent act," she said.
very short amount of time." tors were aware of a video shooting, according to a main entertainment district, Pamela Harris, Sergio Har-
Officers were patrolling the on social media that ap- database compiled by which is anchored by the ris' mother, told The Sacra-
area near the shooting site peared to show an alter- The Associated Press, USA Golden One Center that mento Bee the family has
two blocks from the Capitol cation before the shoot- Today and Northeastern attracts big-name concerts not heard from him yet.
at about 2 a.m. when they ing, but did not yet know University. And it was the and is home to the NBA's "We just want to know what
heard gunfire and rushed whether it was relevant to second mass shooting in Sacramento Kings. City offi- happened to him," Pamela
to the scene, Police Chief their investigation. Sacramento in the last five cials have invested heavily Harris told the newspaper.
Kathy Lester told reporters. Kelsey Schar was staying weeks. On Feb. 28, a father in the area to promote de- "Not knowing anything is
They found a large crowd on the fourth floor of Citi- killed his three daughters, a velopment in the area. just hard to face."
gathered and six people zen Hotel when she said chaperone and himself in The effort was working un- Berry Accius, a community
dead in the street. she heard gunshots and a church during a weekly til the pandemic hit and activist, said he came to
Twelve people who police saw flashes in the dark. She supervised visitation. David forced many businesses to the scene shortly after the
said were shot and wound- walked to the window and Mora, 39, was armed with close, according to Grant shooting happened.
ed were taken to a hospital "saw a guy running and just a homemade semiauto- Gorman, a bartender who "The first thing I saw was
or hospitals. The Sacramen- shooting," Schar told The matic rifle-style weapon, lives near the place the like victims. I saw a young
to Fire Department said four Associated Press in an inter- even though he was under shooting happened. girl with a whole bunch of
of the seven people trans- view. a restraining order that pro- "Just when we were reach- blood in her body, a girl
ported by its emergency Her friend, Madalyn Wood- hibited him from possessing ing some semblance of it taking off glass from her, a
workers were suffering from ard, said she saw a crowd a firearm. being a bustling downtown young girl screaming say-
critical injuries. Authorities in the street scatter amid Councilmember Katie Va- area that was safe and we ing, 'They killed my sister.' A
said some gunshot victims the gunfire and a girl who lenzuela, who represents had a bunch of open busi- mother running up, 'Where's
drove themselves to hospi- appeared to have been the area where the shoot- nesses to go to, the pan- my son, has my son been
tals or were driven. shot in the arm laying on ing happened, said she's demic hit it and just crushed shot?'" he said.
Authorities recovered "at the ground. Security guards fielded phone calls report- it," Gorman said. UC Davis Medical Center
least one firearm" from the from a nearby nightclub ing many violent incidents Steinberg, the mayor, said received four patients from
scene, a police statement rushed to help the girl with in her district in the 15 in recent years it "has been the downtown shooting,
said, and urged witnesses what looked like napkins to months she's been in office. a very difficult time in down- spokesperson Stephanie
or anyone with recordings try to stanch the bleeding. Valenzuela cried at a news town Sacramento and Sac- Winn said. She declined to
of the shooting to contact Pop duo Aly & AJ per- conference as she told ramento as a whole." provide their genders or
police. formed Saturday at Sacra- reporters that the latest He added that the shoot- conditions, referring media
"We're asking for the pub- mento's Crest Theatre and phone call woke her up at ing "gives pause to our en- inquiries to police.
lic's help in helping us to their tour bus was caught in 2:30 a.m. Sunday with de- tire community" but urged Ten ambulances and fifty
identify the suspects in this," the gunfire, the musicians tails about the latest trag- people to continue visiting first responders from the
Lester said. Asked if authori- said on Twitter. No one in edy. the area despite the recent Sacramento Fire Depart-
ties were searching for one their touring group was "I'm heartbroken and I'm violence. ment responded to the
or more than one suspects, hurt, the tweet said. outraged," she said. "Our California Gov. Gavin New- shooting, according to
Lester told reporters that Sunday's violence was the community deserves better som said in a statement Capt. Keith Wade.q