Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester told a news conference that police were patrolling the area around 2 a.m. when they heard gunshots.  When they reached the spot, they found a crowd gathered on the street and six dead.  Another 10 either picked themselves up or were taken to hospitals.  No information was provided on their condition.
Authorities do not know if one or more suspects are involved.
Kelsey Schar, 18, was living on the fourth floor of the Citizen Hotel when she heard gunshots.  He went to the window and “saw a guy running and just shooting,” Schar told the Associated Press.
He saw flashes from the gun in the dark.
Madalyn Woodard, 17, who also stayed at the same hotel, said she saw a crowd running down the street.  He saw a girl who appeared to have been shot in the hand and lying on the ground.  The nightclub guards rushed to her aid.
“These nightclub guards, I think they were right next to her, they brought them, like napkins. I could see the damn napkins they were using,” Woodard said.
The police ask for the help of the public to locate those responsible.  Leicester did not provide details on the type of weapon used.
This is “a very complicated and complicated scene,” he said.  Leicester appealed to the public, asking witnesses or anyone with recordings of the incident to contact police.
Shortly after the shooting, a video was posted on Twitter showing people running down the street amid the sound of rapid gunfire.  The video shows several ambulances on the spot.
The shooting – just two blocks from the state Capitol – was condemned by top political officials.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement that his government is working closely with law enforcement.
“What we know at this point is that there has been another massive attack with casualties, leaving families with missing loved ones, many injured and a community in grief. The scourge of armed violence continues to be a crisis in our country and we must resolutely to put an end to this massacre, “he said.
Meanwhile, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said via Twitter: “Words can not express my grief this morning. The number of dead and injured is difficult to understand.”
“Increasing gun violence is the scourge of the city, our state and our nation, and I support all efforts to reduce it,” he said.
Residents were urged to avoid the area, which is full of restaurants and bars, including London’s nightclub.
Kay Harris, 32, said she was asleep when one of her family members called to say they thought her brother had been killed.  He said he thought he was in London.
Harris said he has been to the club a few times and described it as a place for “the younger crowd”.  The bars and clubs close at 2 in the morning and it is normal for the streets to be crowded at that time.
He has spent the morning circling the square waiting for news.
“Very much an absurd act of violence,” he said.
Steve Hicks was staying at the Citizen Hotel with his fiancée and two daughters after a Tyler the Creator concert at the Golden One Center.  He said he did not hear any shots but the sirens woke him up.
The police have closed the streets around the club, with the yellow police film waving with the breeze early in the morning.
Barry Atsius, a community activist, said he came to the scene shortly after the shooting.
The first thing I saw were victims. I saw a young girl with a whole bunch of blood on her body, a girl pulling out her glass, a young girl screaming, “They killed my sister.” A mother runs, “Where is my son, has my son been shot? ”  he said.
UC Davis Medical Center received five patients from the downtown shooting, spokeswoman Stephanie Winn said.  He did not give their gender or terms, referring the media to the police.
Sunday’s violence was the latest in Sacramento.  Last month, a father killed his three daughters, a attendant and himself in a church during a weekly surveillance.  David Mora, 39, was armed with a makeshift semi-automatic weapon, although he was under a restrictive measure that barred him from possessing a firearm.  His daughters were 13, 10 and 9 years old.

title: “Sacramento Shooting Police Say 6 Dead 10 Injured " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-05” author: “Franklin Stewart”

Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester told a news conference that police were patrolling the area two blocks from the Capitol at about 2 a.m. when they heard gunshots and rushed to the scene.  They found a large crowd gathered and six dead on the street.  Another 10 either picked themselves up or were taken to hospitals.  No information was provided on their condition.
Authorities called witnesses or anyone with shooting records to contact police.
“We are asking for the public’s help to help us identify the suspects,” Leicester said.  Asked if authorities were looking for one or more of the suspects, Leicester told reporters she did not know.
Shortly after the shooting, a video was posted on Twitter showing people running down the street amid the sound of rapid gunfire in the city of about 525,000 people located 75 miles (120 kilometers) from San Francisco.
Kelsey Schar, 18, was living on the fourth floor of the Citizen Hotel when she said she heard gunshots and saw flashes of darkness.  He went to the window and “saw a guy running and just shooting,” Schar told the Associated Press in an interview.
Her friend Madalyn Woodard said she saw a crowd on the street scattering amid the shootings.  A girl who appeared to have been shot in the arm fell to the ground, Woodard said.  Security guards from a nearby nightclub rushed to help the girl with something resembling napkins to try to stop the bleeding.
Sunday’s violence was the third time in the United States this year that at least six people have been killed in mass shootings, according to a database compiled by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.  And it was the second mass shooting in Sacramento in five weeks.
On February 28, a father killed his three daughters, a attendant and himself in a church during a weekly surveillance.  David Mora, 39, was armed with a makeshift semi-automatic weapon, although he was under a restrictive measure prohibiting him from possessing a firearm.
Katie Valenzuela, a council member representing the area where the shooting took place, said she had received phone calls reporting many violent incidents in her 15-month-old district.
Valenzuela cried at a news conference as she told reporters that her last phone call woke her up at 2:30 a.m. Sunday with details of the latest tragedy.
“I’m cracked and angry,” he said.  “Our community deserves better than that.”
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg denounced the growing armed violence at a news conference, saying city officials would support the victims.  He said the city has worked hard to attract people back to its center since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and that despite the shootings, the city was safe.
“Our city has a broken heart this morning,” Steinberg said.  “This is an absurd and unacceptable tragedy.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement that his government is working closely with law enforcement.
“What we know at this point is that there has been another mass attack of victims, leaving families with lost loved ones, many injured and a community in grief,” he said.
The area where Sunday’s shootings took place is full of restaurants and bars.  The nightclubs close at 2 in the morning and it is normal for the streets to be crowded at that time.
Kay Harris, 32, told the AP she was asleep when one of her family members called to say they thought her brother Sergio Harris had been killed.  He said he thought he was in the nightclub of London, which is close to filming.
Harris said he has been to the club a few times and described it as a place for “the younger crowd”.  He spent the morning turning the square waiting for news.
“It’s a very absurd, violent act,” he said.
Pamela Harris, Sergio Harris’s mother, told The Sacramento Bee that the family has not heard from him yet.
“We just want to know what happened to him,” Pamela Harris told the newspaper.  “Knowing nothing is just hard to deal with.”
Barry Atsius, a community activist, said he came to the scene shortly after the shooting.
The first thing I saw were victims. I saw a young girl with a whole bunch of blood on her body, a girl pulling out her glass, a young girl screaming, “They killed my sister.” A mother runs, “Where is my son, has my son been shot? ”  he said.
UC Davis Medical Center received four patients from the downtown shooting, spokeswoman Stephanie Winn said.  He refused to give their gender or terms, referring the media to the police.
Ten ambulances and fifty first responders from the Sacramento Fire Department responded to the shooting, according to Capt. Keith Wade.

Correction:

This version corrects that the previous mass shooting in Sacramento took place on February 28 and not last month. This version also corrects that four patients from the shooting, not five, were taken to UC Davis Medical Center.