Police said at least nine people were injured in the shootings, which took place in the early hours of Sunday. “Please avoid the area as there will be a large police presence and the scene remains active,” the Sacramento Police Department said on Twitter. Police said “9th St to 13th St is closed between L St & J” as authorities investigated the fatal incident. “Words can not express my shock and sadness this morning. “The number of dead and injured is difficult to understand,” Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said on Twitter. Community activist Berry Accius told the Associated Press about the chaotic scene: “The first thing I saw was 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 saying: “They killed my sister”. A mother runs, “Where is my son? Has my son been shot?” “You know, turmoil, trauma. “There are just a lot of things that, you know, you do not want to see,” he added. The Associated Press contributed to the publication.
