Sacramento Shooting Leaves 6 Dead, 12 Injured, Officials Say

Police officers work the scene of a crime in Sacramento, Calif., on April 3, 2022. (David Odisho/Getty Images)

Six people were killed and 12 were injured after gunfire erupted in Sacramento’s downtown area early on April 3, officials confirmed.

“Officers located at least 15 shooting victims, including 6 who are deceased,” the Sacramento Police Department stated on social media, adding that the incident unfolded around 9th and K streets. Later, officials told local media outlets that 12 people were injured.

Officials also announced that downtown streets located near the site of the shooting were shut by police as an investigation continues.

Authorities didn’t provide details about a suspect or suspects, or a possible motive.

A video that was apparently captured at the scene showed a group of people attacking one another as several gunshots were heard in succession.

Police had been patrolling the area at about 2 a.m. when they heard gunfire, Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said at a news conference. When they arrived at the scene, they found a large crowd gathered on the street and six people dead; another 10 either took themselves or were transported to hospitals, she said. No information was given on their conditions.

This is “a very complex and complicated scene,” she said. Lester issued a plea to the public, asking for witnesses or anyone with recordings of the incident to contact the police.

Berry Accius, who works with Sacramento’s Voice of the Youth, told news outlets that he arrived on the scene at 2:30 a.m.

“A lot of victims with blood, just watching some of the families that didn’t know if their loved one was alive, running, trying to figure out what was happening, people distraught, people discombobulated,” Accius said. “It was just horrific.”

Kay Harris, 32, said she was asleep when one of her family members called to say they thought her brother had been killed. She said she thought he was at London, a nightclub at 1009 10th Street. Harris said she has been to the club a few times and described it as a place for “the younger crowd.”

“Words can’t express my shock & sadness this morning. The numbers of dead and wounded are difficult to comprehend. We await more information about exactly what transpired in this tragic incident,” Mayor Darrell Steinberg wrote in a Twitter post.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.